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The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru
- O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, +4 authors J. Reumer
- Nature
- 2010
This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/nature09067
ARIMIDELPHIS SORBINII A NEW SMALL KILLER WHALE-LIKE DOLPHIN FROM THE PLIOCENE OF MARECCHIA RIVER (CENTRAL EASTERN ITALY) AND A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE ORCININAE (CETACEA: ODONTOCETI)
- G. Bianucci
- Biology
- 31 July 2005
Arimidelphis sorbinii is a new genus and a new species of Delphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) based on an incomplete skull with right ear bones, mandible, teeth and left forelimb, all from one animal,… Expand
Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of fish otoliths
- P. Iacumin, G. Bianucci, A. Longinelli
- Biology
- 11 January 1992
Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of the aragonite of fish otoliths was measured on 175 specimens comprising 24 different species in 1989 and 1990. All specimens but two came from the northern… Expand
Killer sperm whale: a new basal physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Miocene of Italy
- G. Bianucci, W. Landini
- Biology
- 1 September 2006
Zygophyseter varolai, a new genus and species of Physeteroidea (Cetacea, Odontoceti), is based on an almost complete skeleton from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) in southern Italy. The extreme… Expand
Earliest Mysticete from the Late Eocene of Peru Sheds New Light on the Origin of Baleen Whales
- O. Lambert, M. Martínez-Cáceres, +5 authors C. Muizon
- Biology, Medicine
- Current Biology
- 22 May 2017
Although combined molecular and morphological analyses point to a late middle Eocene (38-39 million years ago) origin for the clade Neoceti (Odontoceti, echolocating toothed whales plus Mysticeti,… Expand
A Reevaluation of Pliophoca etrusca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Pliocene of Italy: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications
- A. Berta, Sarah S Kienle, G. Bianucci, Silvia Sorbi
- Geology
- 2 January 2015
ABSTRACT—
The holotype of Pliophoca etrusca, a partial skeleton from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of central Italy, is redescribed. Referred material from the Pliocene of Italy, France, and Spain… Expand
The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru
- O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, +4 authors J. Reumer
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 1 July 2010
The modern giant sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus, one of the largest known predators, preys upon cephalopods at great depths. Lacking a functional upper dentition, it relies on suction for… Expand
A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa
- G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, K. Post
- Biology
- 2007
Eight new genera and 10 new species of fossil beaked whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) are described on the basis of cranial material recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa.… Expand
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Macroraptorial sperm whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru
- O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, C. Muizon
- Biology
- 7 September 2016
The three extant sperm whale species, the giant Physeter macrocephalus and the diminutive Kogia species, are relict members of the superfamily Physeteroidea, whose evolutionary history is traced back… Expand
The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. Systematics and phylogenesis of Delphinidae
- G. Bianucci
- Biology
- 1996
Etude des restes fossilises de Delphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) de sediments italien du Pliocene, proposant de nouvelles interpretations systematiques et phylogenetiques et une description… Expand
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