Nanokogia Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015 (pygmy sperm whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae

Full reference: J. Velez-Juarbe, A. R. Wood, C. Gracia and A. J. W. Hendy. 2015. Evolutionary patterns among living and fossil kogiid sperm whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America. PLoS One 10(4):e0123909

Parent taxon: Kogiinae according to A. Collareta et al. 2017

See also Berta 2017, Marx et al. 2016 and Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Kogia, Koristocetus, Pliokogia, Praekogia

Subtaxa: Nanokogia isthmia

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Type: Nanokogia isthmia

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


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