Miocene Toothed Whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Dniester Valley: The First Record of Miocene Sperm Whales (Physeteroidea) from the Eastern Europe

摘要

Isolated odontocete teeth were found in two Miocene sites in the Dniester River valley. Cetaceans from the both sites possibly represent unknown taxa. One of them is a stem physeteroid, the most similar to Scaldicetus caretti and Early Miocene taxa; another one can be a stem physeteroid or a large stem delphinoid.