• Source: Idiocetus

Idiocetus ("unique whale") is a genus of extinct cetaceans of the family Balaenidae.




Discovery


Fossils belonging to this genus were first found in Piacenzian (Upper Pliocene) strata near Montopoli in Val d'Arno, a town in Tuscany (central Italy). The Italian paleontologist Giovanni Capellini described the whale in 1876 and attributed it to a new genus and species, establishing the type species Idiocetus guicciardinii. Some decades later, in 1926, other fossil remains possibly belonging to the genus were discovered from the Tortonian (Upper Miocene) of Japan.




References






Further reading


Capellini, G., 1905. "Balene fossili toscane. III. Idiocetus guicciardinii". Memorie della Regia accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna 6: 71–80.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Paus balin
• Balaenidae
• Idiocetus
• Humpback whale
• Baleen whale
• Eschrichtius
• Balaenidae
• Right whale
• Eobalaenoptera
• Pygmy right whale
• Balaena
• Balaenoptera