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Specimen infos
Collection

Information
Sex : indet

Age group : Adult

Age (if applicable) : Late Miocene

Material Type : Sub complete skull

Origin : Sacaco sub-basin, Pisco Fm.

Taxonomy
Class : Mammalia

Order : Artiodactyla

Family : Kogiidae

Genus : Scaphokogia

Species :✝huachafo


Description
The specimen here featured is the holotype of Scaphokogia huachafo sp. nov. featured in Benites-Palomino et al. It represents an adult specimen missing partly the left basicranium

Related article
3D model related to the publication: Extreme Cranial Asymmetry in Extinct Benthic Feeding Sperm Whales
Aldo M. Benites Palomino, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra Logo, Florencia Paolucci, Jorge Velez-Juarbe Logo, Alberto Collareta Logo, Apolline Alfsen, Alton Dooley, Dan Omura, Mario Urbina Logo, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Logo and Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández Logo
Published online: 09/11/2026

Keywords: Asymmetry; Kogiidae; Miocene; Peru; Sperm whale

https://doi.org/10.18563/journal.m3.304

Cite this article: Aldo M. Benites Palomino, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Florencia Paolucci, Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Alberto Collareta, Apolline Alfsen, Alton Dooley, Dan Omura, Mario Urbina, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi and Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, 2026. 3D model related to the publication: Extreme Cranial Asymmetry in Extinct Benthic Feeding Sperm Whales. MorphoMuseuM e304. doi: 10.18563/journal.m3.304

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  Abstract

    This contribution contains the 3D model described and figured in the following publication: Benites-Palomino, A., Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., Paolucci, F., Vélez-Juarbe, J., Collareta, A., Alfsen, A., Dooley, A., Omura, D., Urbina, M., Salas-Gismondi, R., & Aguirre-Fernández, G. (2026). “Extreme cranial asymmetry in extinct benthic feeding sperm whales” . Communications Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-11074-2 


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Article state: in_press

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3D data

M3#1928

Surface 3D (without textures) model of MUSM 972

Type: "3D_surfaces"

doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1928

Data citation: Aldo M. Benites Palomino, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Florencia Paolucci, Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Alberto Collareta, Apolline Alfsen, Alton Dooley, Dan Omura, Mario Urbina, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi and Gabriel Aguirre-Fernández, 2026. M3#1928. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.1928

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