Kogia pusilla
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kogia-pusilla-178-10543852
title:
Kogia pusilla
text:
Kogia pusilla is an extinct species of sperm whale from the Middle Pliocene of Italy related to the modern-day dwarf sperm whale and pygmy sperm whale. It is known from a single skull discovered in 1877, and was considered a species of beaked whale until 1997. The skull shares many characteristics with other sperm whales, and is comparable in size to that of the dwarf sperm whale. Like the modern Kogia, it probably hunted squid in the twilight zone, and frequented continental slopes. The environ
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description:
Small fossil whale from Italy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogia_pusilla
date created:
2018-04-17T04:48:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T17:22:38Z
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