Sperm whales from the Miocene of the North Sea: A re-appraisal

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre

Volumn 78, Issue , 2008, Pages 277-316

  Lambert, Olivier ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Miocene; North Sea; Odontoceti; Phylogeny; Physeteroidea; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

BONE; CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; ECHOLOCATION; ENAMEL; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENY; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

CETACEA; KOGIA; KOGIIDAE; ODONTOCETI; ORYCTEROCETUS; PHYSETER; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 68949116651     PISSN: 03746291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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