Patterns of skull variation of brachydelphis (Cetacea, Odontoceti) From the neogene of the southeastern pacific

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 504-519

  Gutstein, Carolina Simon ^a,b   Cozzuol, Mario A ^c   Vargas, Alexander O ^a   Suárez, Mario E ^b   Schultz, Cesar L ^d   Rubilar Rogers, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Museo Paleontologico de Caldera   (Chile)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bah a Inglesa Formation; Brachydelphis mazeasi; Inioidea; Morphology; Neogene; Odontoceti; Pisco Formation; Platanistoidea; Pontoporiidae; Variation

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; FOSSIL RECORD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; NEOGENE; ONTOGENY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

CETACEA; ODONTOCETI; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; PONTOPORIIDAE;

EID: 65949107052     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-081.1     Document Type: Article

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