A new longirostrine sperm whale (Cetacea, Physeteroidea) from the lower Miocene of the Pisco Basin (southern coast of Peru)

• Published in: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Lambert O., de Muizon C., Urbina M., Bianucci G.
• Other Authors: Lambert, O., de Muizon, C., Urbina, M., Bianucci, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Burdigalian; dental reduction; functional morphology; palaeobiology; phylogeny; stem Physeteroidea; Fossa; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/1072844; https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2020.1805520

The modern sperm whales Kogia and Physeter (superfamily Physeteroidea) represent highly disparate, relict members of a group of odontocetes that peaked in diversity during the middle to late Miocene. Based on a highly informative specimen (including the cranium with ear bones, mandibles, teeth and s...