Globicephala etruriae

{{Short description|Extinct species of whale}}

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| fossil_range = Pliocene

| image = Globicephala etruriae.JPG

| image_caption = Lower mandible

| genus = Globicephala

| extinct = yes

| species = etruriae

| authority = Pilleri, 1987

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Globicephala etruriae is an extinct species of pilot whale from the Pliocene of Italy. The type specimen was found in the Piacenzian coastal claystone at Volterra. It was named in 1987 by G. Pilleri.{{cite web|title=Globicephala etruriae Pilleri 1987 (pilot whale) Osteichthyes - Delphinoidea - Delphinidae PaleoDB taxon number: 63831 Full reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160 Belongs to Globicephala according to G. Bianucci et al. 1998|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63831|access-date=2021-12-17|archive-date=2021-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213184935/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=63831|url-status=live}}

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etruriae

Category:Pliocene animals of Europe

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