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

• Published in: Papers in Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Benites-Palomino, A., Vélez-Juarbe, J., Collareta, A., Ochoa, Diana, Altamirano, A., Carré, Matthieu, Laime, M.J., Urbina, M., Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Kogiinae; marine mammals; Messinian; Peru; Pisco Formation; south-eastern Pacific; Fossa; Pacific; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9860; 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...