A new longirostrine beaked whale Flandriacetus gijseni gen. et sp. nov. (Ziphiidae, Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Tortonian of the North Sea
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Based on 13 more or less complete skulls and some attached postcranial elements the presence of a new longirostrine beaked whale species Flandriacetus gijseni gen. et sp. nov. is reported from the southern North Sea Basin. Dated by dinoflagellate cysts to 8.1-7.5 Ma (Tortonian age), the new species represents the youngest occurrence of a longirostrine stem beaked whale in the North Atlantic. The large collection allows observations on the morphological differences between some of the North European members of the Messapicetiformes clade.
TNO Identifier
1023125
Source
Deinsea(23), pp. 1-31.
Pages
1-31