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The discovery of a Balaenomorpha (Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n. sp.) from the upper Miocene of the Netherlands sheds new light on the cranial anatomy of archaic rorqual relatives
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Bosselaers, Mark, Munsterman, Dirk K. (2022): The discovery of a Balaenomorpha (Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n. sp.) from the upper Miocene of the Netherlands sheds new light on the cranial anatomy of archaic rorqual relatives. Geodiversitas 44 (30): 933-973, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a30
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