Pliokogia Explained

Pliokogia is extinct genus of pygmy sperm whale from the Pliocene period. The fossil is constituted of an incomplete skull. The only species in the genus is Pliokogia appenninica.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Giovanni Bianucci . Collareta . A new kogiid sperm whale from northern Italy supports psychrospheric conditions in the early Pliocene Mediterranean Sea. . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 64 . 3 . 609–626 . June 4, 2019 . 10.4202/app.00578.2018 . October 10, 2024. 11568/1000367 . free .