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Nuevos restos de Scaldicetus (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae) del Mioceno superior, sector occidental de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir (sur de España)

@article{Toscano2013NuevosRD,
  title={Nuevos restos de Scaldicetus (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae) del Mioceno superior, sector occidental de la Cuenca del Guadalquivir (sur de Espa{\~n}a)},
  author={A. Toscano and M. Abad and F. Ru{\'i}z and F. Mu{\~n}iz and G. {\'A}lvarez and E. Garc{\'i}a and J. Caro},
  journal={Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Geologicas},
  year={2013},
  volume={30},
  pages={436-445}
}

A. Toscano, M. Abad, +4 authors J. Caro

Published 2013

Geography

Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Geologicas

The Physeteridae family is one of the basal branches in odontocete cetaceans. At the present, it is only represented by three species belonging to the genus Physeter and Kogia, although it includes numerous extinct genera as Scaldicetus. From a systematic point of view, Scaldicetus is one of the most common and problematic group of the extinct subfamily Hoplocetinae during the Neogene. It is considered a polyphyletic genus and its taxonomic use has been relegated to the identification of… CONTINUE READING

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