Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-259-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-259-2017
Research article
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07 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 07 Dec 2017

Koristocetus pescei gen. et sp. nov., a diminutive sperm whale (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Kogiidae) from the late Miocene of Peru

Alberto Collareta, Olivier Lambert, Christian de Muizon, Mario Urbina, and Giovanni Bianucci

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Extant pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia spp.) are known as small-sized and enigmatic relatives of the great sperm whale Physeter. Here we describe Koristocetus pescei, a new fossil kogiid from the late Miocene (ca 7 million years ago) of Peru. The description of this new form evokes a long history of morphological and ecological diversity in fossil kogiids, thus suggesting that our comprehension of the evolutionary history of diminutive sperm whales is still far from being exhaustive.