A new stem-sperm whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the latest Miocene of Peru.

• Published in: Comptes Rendus Palevol
• Main Authors: Lambert, O., Bianucci, G., Muizon, C. De
• Other Authors: Paléobiodiversité et paléoenvironnements, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; Fossa; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00410645; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.06.002

International audience A finely preserved skull with mandible and teeth associated, from the Latest Miocene beds (ca. 6 Ma) of the Pisco Formation, Sud-Sacaco, Peru, represents a new physeteroid genus and species, Acrophyseter deinodon. This moderate size sperm whale is characterized, among others,...