Data from: Nasal compartmentalization in Kogiidae (Cetacea, Physeteroidea): Insights from a new late Miocene dwarf sperm whale from the Pisco Formation ...

• Main Authors: Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Velez-Juarbe, Jorge, Collareta, Alberto, Ochoa, Diana, Altamirano, Ali, Carré, Matthieu, Laime, Manuel J., Urbina, Mario, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: Fossa; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.bzkh1896w; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.bzkh1896w

Facial compartmentalization in the skull of extant pygmy whales (Kogiidae) is a unique feature among cetaceans that allows the housing of a wide array of organs responsible for echolocation. Recent fossil findings depict a remarkable disparity of the facial bone organization in Miocene kogiids, but...