tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post3165053173653756525..comments2024-03-29T03:21:04.512-06:00Comments on The Coastal Paleontologist: Reconstruction of a fossil mysticeteRobert Boesseneckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04157434108254005433noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-56879987315841956032009-08-12T20:11:10.884-06:002009-08-12T20:11:10.884-06:00i have same this topic about BizygomaticBizygomati...i have same this topic about Bizygomatic<a href="http://entertainment-news-today.blogspot.com/2009/08/bizygomatic-bizygomatic-breadth.html" rel="nofollow">Bizygomatic - bizygomatic breadth | bizygomatic width | zygomatic arch | bizygomatic index | zygomatic</a>Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996117483778920905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-43010033031592426142008-11-04T12:31:00.000-07:002008-11-04T12:31:00.000-07:00So far, I'm not convinced one way or the other; an...So far, I'm not convinced one way or the other; an estimate of size evolution based on something like bizygomatic width of mysticete skulls is probably going to be faulty, based on the relative rarity of mysticete skulls to begin with.<BR/><BR/>Mainly since they appear to have no other use... and since they are far, far, FAR more common, it could be more useful to look at samples of mysticete vertebrae from the latest miocene and Pliocene. I'm sure that vertebral size gives a less accurate guage of body size, but the potential sample size is larger by several orders of magnitude.Robert Boesseneckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157434108254005433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953405279736337089.post-80352188918099588182008-11-04T08:54:00.000-07:002008-11-04T08:54:00.000-07:00I kind of expect that "giant" mysticetes were prob...I kind of expect that "giant" mysticetes were probably fairly rare until recently, and it's an artifact of preservation. THat said, I have heard of some fragmentary stuff representing larger taxa, but I think most of it is scrapUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767952407881212708noreply@blogger.com