A NEW RECORD OF PHYSETEROIDEA FROM THE UPPER MIOCENE OF THE PIETRA LECCESE (SOUTHERN ITALY): SYSTEMATICS, PALEOECOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF A FOSSIL MACRORAPTORIAL SPERM WHALE ...
We report on a partial skeleton of sperm whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Pietra leccese, a Miocene limestone widely exposed in the Salento Peninsula (southern Italy). This specimen was found in Tortonian strata cropping out at the Cisterna quarry, not far from the holotype of the...
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| Language: | English |
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RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA
2020
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/14284 https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/14284 |