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

<i>Hoplocetus ritzi</i> n. sp. is a new hoplocetine physeterid from the <i>Bolboforma fragori /subfragoris</i> 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. Com...

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Main Author: O. Hampe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2006-02-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:http://www.foss-rec.net/9/61/2006/fr-9-61-2006.pdf