First discovery of the Miocene northern Atlantic sperm whale Orycterocetus in the Mediterranean

Geobios

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 569-573

  Bianucci, Giovanni ^a   Landini, Walter ^a   Varola, Angelo ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze della della Terra   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Mediterranean; Miocene; Paleogeography; Physeteridae; Systematic

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MIOCENE; NEW RECORD; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CETACEA; ODONTOCETI; ORYCTEROCETUS; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 8644278862     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2003.05.004     Document Type: Article

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