Oh hey, apparently non-vestigial extra apical teeth in a True’s Beaked Whale! Other extra teeth in ziphiids tend to be vestigial — that is to say, floating in the gums and not a socket. Something to keep in mind for this report.
https://t.co/EUISjq8qh0 https://t.co/NVYgSANR3X https://t.co/FaswYBeyEZ
My 'Supernumerary teeth observed in a live True’s beaked whale in the Bay of Biscay' article was published 1 year ago today in #OpenAccess journal @thePeerJ https://t.co/IPx4Y3K98E
@PaoloViscardi @DabeJeff The "unerupted female teeth" I read about cannot be seen in the mandible of these things' complete skeletons in the museum specimens I found pictures of on Google
This is an incredible number of sightings of True's beaked whales and multi method research presented by Danielle Cholewiak #WMMC19. I thought that one sighting (with potentially extra teeth) was cool, but this is something else!
Teeth paper:
https://t.co/sZL0zSDKTQ https://t.co/piTPdNLAYh