Neogene and Quaternary fossil remains of beaked whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from deep-sea deposits off Crozet and Kerguelen islands, Southern Ocean

• Published in: Geodiversitas
• Main Authors: Lambert, Olivier, Muizon, Christian De, Duhamel, Guy, Plicht, Johannes van Der
• Other Authors: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB), Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), University of Groningen Groningen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Crozet Islands; Miocene; Quaternary; Southern Ocean; new species; Ziphiidae; beaked whale; Kerguelen Islands; baleines à bec; Îles Kerguelen; Îles Crozet; Miocène; quaternaire; océan austral; espèce nouvelle; [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Indian; Antarc*; toothed whale
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03888186; https://hal.science/hal-03888186/document; https://hal.science/hal-03888186/file/190-2018%20Lambert%20et%20al.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a6

International audience Although a high number of extant beaked whale species (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) live in the Southern Ocean and neighbouring areas, only little is known about the past occupation of the region by these highly specialized, deep diving and echolocating cetaceans. Recently,...