2010
A new dolphin (Cetacea, Delphinidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the North Sea
Publication
Publication
Deinsea , Volume 14 - Issue 1 p. 1- 14
Hoekman’s blunt-snouted dolphin Platalearostrum hoekmani gen. et sp. nov. is described from Plio-Pleistocene sediments of the North Sea (The Netherlands). It shows unique and bizarre features of the premaxilla that extends over the maxilla way beyond the lateral border of the rostrum. Platalearostrum hoekmani is compared to fossil and extant Delphinidae and similarities with extant Globicephala as well as functional implications of its strange morphology are discussed.
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| Organisation | Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam |
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Klaas Post, & Erwin J.O. Kompanje. (2010). A new dolphin (Cetacea, Delphinidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of the North Sea. Deinsea, 14(1), 1–14. |
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