Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae

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

Parent taxon: Kogiinae according to A. Collareta et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Kogia, Koristocetus, Nanokogia, Praekogia

Subtaxa: Pliokogia apenninica

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sant’Andrea Bagni (Pliocene of Italy)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.