Kogia pusilla from the Middle Pliocene of Tuscany (Italy) and a phylogenetic analysis of the family Kogiidae (Odontoceti, Cetacea)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-453

  Bianucci, Giovanni ^a   Landini, Walter ^b  

^a Centro Interdipartimentale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Italy; Kogiidae; Middle Pliocene; Phylogeny; Systematics; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PLIOCENE;

ITALY;

BREVICEPS; CETACEA; HYPEROODON; KOGIA BREVICEPS; KOGIA PUSILLA; KOGIA SIMUS; KOGIIDAE; ODONTOCETI; PHYSETERIDAE; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 0033490209     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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