A New Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the Lower Pliocene of Italy Supports a Warm-Water Origin for Narwhals and White Whales

A new taxon of monodontid cetacean, Casatia thermophila, gen. et sp. nov., is here described on the basis of a partial skull from lower Pliocene (5.1–4.5 Ma) marginal-marine deposits of Tuscany (central Italy). This new taxon belongs to Monodontidae based on the presence of a medial exposure of the...

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Published in:ZooKeys
Main Authors: Giovanni Bianucci, Fabio Pesci, Alberto Collareta, Chiara Tinelli
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2019
Subjects:
Nares
narwhal*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1645148

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