Physeteroids from the Miocene of Peru: new data on Acrophyseter and Livyatan supports macroraptorial feeding in several extinct sperm whales

• Main Authors: Lambert, Olivier, De Muizon, Christian, Urbina, Mario, Brian Beatty, L., Di Celma, Claudio, BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI
• Other Authors: Amber MacKenzie, Erin Maxwell, Jessica Miller-Camp, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Society of f Vertebrate Paleontology 2015
• Subjects: Cetacea; Physeteroidea; Miocene; Peru; Fossa; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/773639

With only three extant species, modern sperm whales (Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) are generally considered as relicts of a previously more diversified clade, originating during the late Oligocene and reaching its maximum diversity in the Miocene. Displaying a spectacular size disparity, modern Kogia s...