An Amphibious Whale from the Middle Eocene of Peru Reveals Early South Pacific Dispersal of Quadrupedal Cetaceans

Olivier Lambert; Giovanni Bianucci; Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi; Claudio Di Celma; Etienne Steurbaut; Mario Urbina; Christian de Muizon

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.050

An Amphibious Whale from the Middle Eocene of Peru Reveals Early South Pacific Dispersal of Quadrupedal Cetaceans

Olivier Lambert, Giovanni Bianucci, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, Claudio Di Celma, Etienne Steurbaut, Mario Urbina, Christian de Muizon

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Abstract

Lambert et al. describe a new cetacean from the middle Eocene of Peru, characterized by retention of terrestrial locomotion abilities and a significant contribution of the tail for swimming. This first indisputable quadrupedal whale from the Pacific Ocean supports early dispersal of amphibious cetaceans to the New World across the South Atlantic.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	1352-1359.e3
Number of pages	0
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.050
State	Published - 22 Apr 2019

Keywords

amphibious dispersal
biogeography
Cetacea
locomotion
middle Eocene
New World
Peru
Protocetidae
quadrupedal

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