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

• Main Authors: Lambert, O, de Muizon, C, Varas-Malca, RM, Urbina, M, Bianucci, G
• Other Authors: Varas-Malca, Rm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Cetacea; Odontoceti; Eurhinodelphinidae; Chilcatay Formation; Burdigalian; southeastern Pacific; Pacific; Pisco; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/1137453; https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/15124; https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/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...