FIG. 5 in A new platyrostrine sperm whale from the Early Miocene of the southeastern Pacific (East Pisco Basin, Peru) supports affinities with the southwestern Atlantic cetacean fauna

FIG. 5. — Cranium of Diaphorocetus ortegai n. sp. MUSM 3246 (holotype, Chilcatay Formation, East Pisco Basin, Peru) in anterodorsal view (A) (photo and corresponding line drawing) and posterior view (B). Grey shading for sediment; hatching for main break surfaces; black dashed lines for more tentati...

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Main Authors: Lambert, Olivier, Collareta, Alberto, Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Merella, Marco, Muizon, Christian de, Bennion, Rebecca, Urbina, Mario, Bianucci, Giovanni
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2023
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physeteridae
Diaphorocetus
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10228768
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Summary:FIG. 5. — Cranium of Diaphorocetus ortegai n. sp. MUSM 3246 (holotype, Chilcatay Formation, East Pisco Basin, Peru) in anterodorsal view (A) (photo and corresponding line drawing) and posterior view (B). Grey shading for sediment; hatching for main break surfaces; black dashed lines for more tentative interpretations of sutures and edges; red dashed lines for posterior outline of supracranial basin and outline of brain cavity. Scale bars: 200 mm. Published as part of Lambert, Olivier, Collareta, Alberto, Benites-Palomino, Aldo, Merella, Marco, Muizon, Christian de, Bennion, Rebecca, Urbina, Mario & Bianucci, Giovanni, 2023, A new platyrostrine sperm whale from the Early Miocene of the southeastern Pacific (East Pisco Basin, Peru) supports affinities with the southwestern Atlantic cetacean fauna, pp. 659-679 in Geodiversitas 45 (22) on page 668, DOI:10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a22, http://zenodo.org/record/10228752

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