The anatomy of Odobenocetops (Delphinoidea, Mammalia), the walrus-like dolphin from the Pliocene of Peru and its palaeobiological implications

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-452

  De Muizon, Christian ^a   Domning, Daryl P ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric tusks; Delphinoidea; Feeding adaptation; Functional anatomy; Odobenocetops; Peru; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ODOBENOCETOPS; ODOBENOCETOPS LEPTODON; ODOBENOCETOPS PERUVIANUS;

EID: 0036108525     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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