Koristocetus pescei gen. et sp. nov., a diminutive sperm whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Kogiidae) from the late Miocene of Peru

• Published in: Fossil Record
• Main Authors: Collareta, Alberto, Lambert, Olivier, De Muizon, Christian, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Other Authors: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Pisa, University of Pisa - Università di Pisa, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo de Historia Natural de Lima (MHN), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; Fossa; Koris; Pisco; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02612072; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02612072/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02612072/file/186-2017%20Collareta%20et%20al.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-259-2017

International audience Among odontocetes, members of the family Kogi-idae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales) are known as small-sized and in many respects enigmatic relatives of the great sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus. Most of the still scanty fossil record of Kogiidae is represented by isolated sk...