EURHINODELPHINIDS FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF PERU: FIRST UNAMBIGUOUS RECORDS OF THESE HYPER-LONGIROSTRINE DOLPHINS OUTSIDE THE NORTH ATLANTIC REALM

• Main Authors: LAMBERT, OLIVIER, DE MUIZON, CHRISTIAN, VARAS-MALCA, RAFAEL M., URBINA, MARIO, BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2021
• Subjects: Cetacea; Odontoceti; Eurhinodelphinidae; Chilcatay Formation; Burdigalian; southeastern Pacific; Pacific; Pisco; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/15124; https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/15124

Among the many hyper-longirostrine dolphins (Odontoceti) from the Miocene, members of the family Eurhinodelphinidae bear two highly distinctive cranial features: a long and edentulous premaxillary portion of the rostrum and a mandible that is significantly shorter than the rostrum. Until now, unambi...