Nasal compartmentalization in Kogiidae (Cetacea, Physeteroidea): insights from a new late Miocene dwarf sperm whale from the Pisco Formation ... : تجزئة الأنف في Kogiidae (الحيتانيات، Physeteroidea): رؤى من حوت نطفة قزم جديد من العصر الميوسيني المتأخر من تكوين Pisco ...

• Main Authors: Aldo Benites‐Palomino, Jorge Vélez‐Juarbe, Alberto Collareta, Diana Ochoa, Alí Altamirano, Matthieu Carré, Manuel J. Laime, Mario Urbina, Rodolfo Salas‐Gismondi
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: OpenAlex 2021
• Subjects: Ecology and Conservation of Marine Mammals; Ecology; FOS Biological sciences; Environmental Science; Physical Sciences; Ecological Dynamics of Marine Environments; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Multiscale Seafloor Mapping and Classification Techniques; Habitat Classification; Biology; Cetacea; Skull; Paleontology; Evolutionary biology; Zoology; Anatomy; Pisco; Fossa; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.60692/wf4j9-vw130; https://gresis.osc.int//doi/10.60692/wf4j9-vw130

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