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

• Published in: Comptes Rendus Palevol
• Main Authors: Lambert O., Muizon C., BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI
• Other Authors: Lambert, O., Bianucci, Giovanni, Muizon, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Cetacea; Physeteroidea; Pliocene; Peru; Fossa; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/118106; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.06.002

A finely preserved skull with mandible and teeth associated, from the Latest Miocene beds (ca. 6Ma) 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, by: the short rostrum, t...