A sperm whale (Cetacea: Physeteroidea) from the Paraná Formation (Late Miocene) of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Environment and Taphonomy

• Main Authors: Pérez, Leandro Martín, Cione, Alberto Luis, Cozzuol, Mario Alberto, Varela, Augusto Nicolás
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina
• Subjects: Formación Paraná; Mioceno Tardío; Entre Ríos; Physeteroidea; Paraná Formation; Late Miocene; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Moreno; Augusto; Varela; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/74446

Sperm whales (Physeteroidea) are known since the late Oligocene. They became very diverse during the middle and late Miocene (Bianucci and Landini, 2006). They are currently represented by only three species. Sperm whales have been reported in Argentina from the early Miocene Gaiman Formation [Diaph...