Scaldiporia vandokkumi, a new pontoporiid (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene of the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands)
Background. The family Pontoporiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti Inioidea) is currently represented in our oceans by just one species of diminutive dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei, franciscana). Although P. blainvillei is limited to coastal waters of the South Atlantic along Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, multiple Miocene and Pliocene fossils indicate the past presence of members of the family in the South Atlantic, South Paciifc and North Atlantic oceans. Our comprehension of the origin and diversity of this clade and of the relationships of its members with other inioids is hampered by the fact tha... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Schlagwörter: | Biology and Life Sciences / Earth and Environmental Sciences / Cetacea / Inioidea / Pontoporiidae / Westerschelde / The Netherlands / Late Miocene / earliest Pliocene / EASTERN NORTH-ATLANTIC / DINOFLAGELLATE CYST / DOLPHIN CETACEA / PISCO FORMATION / INIOID CETACEA / MIDDLE MIOCENE / NEOGENE / RECORD / OCEAN / BASIN |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29197169 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8538192 |