†Pliokogia apenninica Collareta et al. 2019 (pygmy sperm whale)
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Full reference: A. Collareta, F. C. Fulgosi, and G. Gianucci. 2019. A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(3):609-626
Belongs to Pliokogia according to A. Collareta et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MSNUP I-17603, a partial skeleton (a partial cranium, one detached tooth, one vertebra, and one fragment of rib). Its type locality is Sant’Andrea Bagni, which is in a Zanclean marine mudstone in the Argille Azzurre Formation of Italy.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sant’Andrea Bagni
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