Semirostrum
Vigilance
Semirostrum ceruttii is highly distinctive due to the extremely
long symphysis on the lower jaw, reaching lengths of 85
centimeters, while that of a modern porpoise are 1-2 centimeters
long. The main hypothesis regarding its use is that it probed along
the sediment in
the murky estuaries and shores of what is now California in search
of food, which would easily be scooped up the symphysis and into
the jaws.
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