Middle/late Miocene hoplocetine sperm whale remains (Odontoceti: Physeteridae) of North Germany with an emended classification of the Hoplocetinae

Hoplocetus ritzi n. sp. is a new hoplocetine physeterid from the Bolboforma fragori /subfragoris Zone of the middle/late Miocene mica-clay of Groß Pampau in Schleswig-Holstein, North Germany. The Hoplocetinae are known from the early Miocene to the Pliocene. Comparative studies of cranial characters...

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Main Author: O. Hampe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2006-02-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:https://fr.pensoft.net/article/30322/download/pdf/