The oldest eschrichtiid mysticete and a new morphological diagnosis of eschrichtiidae (Gray Whales)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 447-457

  Bisconti, Michelangelo ^a,b   Varola, Angelo ^c  

^a Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentary; Eschrichtiidae; Italy; Miocene; Mysticeti

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MYSTICETI; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33845626989     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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