EURHINODELPHINIDS FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF PERU: FIRST UNAMBIGUOUS RECORDS OF THESE HYPER-LONGIROSTRINE DOLPHINS OUTSIDE THE NORTH ATLANTIC REALM

• Main Authors: Lambert, Olivier, De Muizon, Christian, Varas-Malca, Rafael, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Other Authors: Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nanoobjets (CBMN), École Nationale d'Ingénieurs des Travaux Agricoles - Bordeaux (ENITAB)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Museo de Historia Natural de Lima (MHN), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Pisa, University of Pisa - Università di Pisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Cetacea; Odontoceti; Eurhinodelphinidae; Chilcatay Formation; Burdigalian; southeastern Pacific; [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; Pacific; Pisco; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03256619; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03256619/document; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-03256619/file/15124-Article%20Text-44928-1-10-20210126%281%29.pdf

International audience Among the many hyper-longirostrine dolphins (Odontoceti) from the Miocene, members of the family Eurhinodelphinidae bear two highly distinctive cranial features: a long and edentulous premaxillary portion of the rostrum and a mandible that is significantly shorter than the ros...