Dimorphic tusks and adaptive strategies in a new species of walrus-like dolphin (Odobenocetopsidae) from the Pliocene of Peru

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 329, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 449-455

  De Muizon, Christian ^a   Domning, Daryl P ^b   Parrish, Mary ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Dimorphic tusks; Feeding strategies; Odobenocetopsidae; Peru; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DOLPHIN; PLIOCENE;

PERU;

BROSME BROSME; CETACEA; CUCUMIS; ODOBENOCETOPSIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0033618961     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)80070-1     Document Type: Article

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