A NEW RECORD OF <em>MESSAPICETUS</em> FROM THE PIETRA LECCESE (LATE MIOCENE, SOUTHERN ITALY): ANTITROPICAL DISTRIBUTION IN A FOSSIL BEAKED WHALE (CETACEA, ZIPHIIDAE)

A NEW RECORD OF <em>MESSAPICETUS</em> FROM THE PIETRA LECCESE (LATE MIOCENE, SOUTHERN ITALY): ANTITROPICAL DISTRIBUTION IN A FOSSIL BEAKED WHALE (CETACEA, ZIPHIIDAE)

A new partial fossil skeleton of Messapicetus longirostris (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Ziphiidae) collected in Cisterna quarry (Lecce) from Tortonian (upper Miocene) sediments of the "Pietra leccese" is described. It comprises the fragmentary skull (including most of the rostrum), parts of the m...

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Main Authors: GIOVANNI BIANUCCI, ALBERTO COLLARETA, KLAAS POST, ANGELO VAROLA, OLIVIER LAMBERT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2016-03-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Odontoceti
Ziphiidae
Messapicetus longirostris
Messapicetus gregarius
late Miocene
Italy
Peru
palaeoecology
palaeobiogeography
antitropical distribution
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