② Balaenoptera musculus: The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales (called Mysticeti) ③ Eretmochelys imbricate: The hawksbill turtle is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. From Wordnik.com. [New Products from Geek Stuff 4 U .com] Reference
Three of the whales are Basilosaurids, the latest surviving group of archaeocete whales which are the earliest, now extinct, sub-order of whales, ancestors of the modern Mysticeti and Odontoceti whale families. From Wordnik.com. [Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), Egypt] Reference
ACUERDO por el que se establece como área de refugio para proteger a las especies de grandes ballenas de los subórdenes Mysticeti y Odontoceti, las zonas marinas que forman parte del territorio nacional y aquellas sobre las que la nación ejerce su soberanía y jurisdicción. From Wordnik.com. [Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6] Reference
The morphology and systematics of (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a toothed mysticete from the Oligocene of Australia TrackBacks. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The tail-powered swimming of modern baleen (Mysticeti) and toothed (Odontoceti) whales evolved from the hip wiggling style of the ancient whale Georgiacetus. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
Archaeoceti are basal cetaceans that document the evolutionary transition of whales from land to sea during the Eocene before the appearance of modern Mysticeti and Odontoceti. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Generalized Eocene protocetid and basilosaurid Archaeoceti such as Maiacetus and Dorudon were on or near the main line of early whale evolution leading to later Mysticeti and Odontoceti, which appeared at the end of the Eocene or beginning of the Oligocene. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Mysticeti, … spindle neurons (also known as "von Economo neurons") in humpback whale, thereby showing that this cell type is not unique to One of several papers claiming (without a comparative study) that von Economo neurons are unique to humans and great apes. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Mysticeti, … spindle neurons (also known as "von Economo neurons") in humpback whale, thereby showing that this cell type is not unique to Wood, Justin N. (2007), "The uniquely human capacity to throw evolved from a non-throwing primate: an evolutionary dissociation between action and perception". From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
(rorqual) family, belonging to the group of baleen whales from the Mysticeti sub-order ", says the paleontologist. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
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