Out of the Pacific: A second fossil porpoise from the Pliocene of the North Sea Basin
Author
Colpaert, Wouter
Author
Bosselaers, Mark
Author
Lambert, Olivier
text
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
2015
2014-12-14
60
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1
10
http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00115.2014
journal article
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10.4202/app.00115.2014
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Genus
Brabocetus
nov.
Type
species
:
Brabocetus gigaseorum
sp. nov.
, monotypic, see below.
Etymology
: From Silvius Brabo, a mythical character who liberated the city of Antwerp from the giant Antigoon, and Latin
cetus
, whale.
Diagnosis
.—Same as for the only included species,
B. gigaseorum
.