Nasal compartmentalization in Kogiidae (Cetacea, Physeteroidea): Insights from a new late Miocene dwarf sperm whale from the Pisco Formation

• Main Authors: Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Vélez-Juarbe, Jorge, Collareta, Alberto, Ochoa, Diana, Altamirano, Ali, Carre, Matthieu, Laime, Manuel J, Urbina, Mario, Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2021
• Subjects: Department of Paleontology; 560 Fossils & prehistoric life; Fossa; Pacific; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/199101/; https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1351

Facial compartmentalization in the skull of extant pygmy whales (Kogiidae) is a unique feature among cetaceans that allows for the housing of a wide array of organs responsible for echolocation. Recent fossil findings indicate a remarkable disparity of the facial bone organization in Miocene kogiids...