cetacea, animals
![[PaleoMammalogy • 2015] Tokarahia kauaeroa • A New Genus and Species of Eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and A Reinterpretation of ‘Mauicetus’ lophocephalus Marples, 1956: Transitional Baleen Whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/6c/12/6d6c125072bfcc82c92ea4c1cc2fe10b.jpg)
Tokarahia kauaeroa Boessenecker & Fordyce, 2015 Life restoration of Tokarahia kauaeroa gen. et sp. nov. Artwork by Christopher Gas...
Found a couple hundred yards out from the Cliff Path, Hermanus, South Africa. A very rare sighting so I was told.
throat pleats of a Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera brydei or Balaenoptera edeni, expand as it engulfs part of a school of sardines, off Baja California, Mexico ( Eastern Pacific Ocean )
The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a baleen whale of the right whale family Balaenidae in suborder Mysticeti. A stocky dark-colored whale without a dorsal fin, it can grow to 20 m (66 ft) in length.
