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http://phys.org/news/2015-12-re-analyze-million-year-old-sperm-whale-fossil.html
"A 15 million year-old fossil sperm whale specimen from California belongs to a new genus, according to a study published December 9, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Alexandra Boersma and Nicholas Pyenson from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
The authors of the study reanalyzed the large but incomplete Ontocetus oxymycterus fossil sperm whale specimen from the middle Miocene Monterey Formation of California, originally described in 1925 by Remington Kellogg. Kellogg put this species in the genus Ontocetus, that was originally thought to be a tooth taxon; however, it is now known that in this genus, species have walrus tusks instead of a cetacean teeth. Thus, the authors assigned this species to the new genus Albicetus, creating the new combination of Albicetus oxymycterus, gen. nov. The authors used the term "Albicetus," or "white whale," because they were inspired by the fossil's bone-white color, in homage to Melville's famous fictitious leviathan Moby Dick."
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http://phys.org/news/2015-12-re-analyze-million-year-old-sperm-whale-fossil.html
"A 15 million year-old fossil sperm whale specimen from California belongs to a new genus, according to a study published December 9, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Alexandra Boersma and Nicholas Pyenson from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
The authors of the study reanalyzed the large but incomplete Ontocetus oxymycterus fossil sperm whale specimen from the middle Miocene Monterey Formation of California, originally described in 1925 by Remington Kellogg. Kellogg put this species in the genus Ontocetus, that was originally thought to be a tooth taxon; however, it is now known that in this genus, species have walrus tusks instead of a cetacean teeth. Thus, the authors assigned this species to the new genus Albicetus, creating the new combination of Albicetus oxymycterus, gen. nov. The authors used the term "Albicetus," or "white whale," because they were inspired by the fossil's bone-white color, in homage to Melville's famous fictitious leviathan Moby Dick."
rest at link
