Finds of skulls of juvenile &lt;I&gt;Kurdalagonus maicopicus&lt;/I&gt; (Сetacea, Cetotheriidae) in the upper Miocene of the Republic of Adygea
Journal: Доклады Российской академии наук Науки о жизни
Year: 2024

Fragments of two skulls of young cetotherium baleen whales have been described from the Fortep’yanka 2 locality (Russia, Republic of Adygea, Maikop district, Fortep’yanka river valley, Upper Miocene, Upper Sarmatian, Blinovskaya Formation). Based on the morphology of the posterior (mastoid) process of the petrous bone, the structure of the posterior edge of the temporal fenestra, and the S-shaped shape of the superoccipital ridges, the finds were attributed to Kurdalagonus maicopicus (Spasskii,