A new genus and species of late Miocene inioid (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Meherrin River, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 198-211

  Geisler, Jonathan H ^a   Godfrey, Stephen J ^b   Lambert, Olivier ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Calvert Marine Museum   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

MEHERRIN RIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; CRANIA; INIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; INIIDAE; ODONTOCETI; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; PONTOPORIIDAE;

EID: 84856330609     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.629016     Document Type: Article

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