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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.[1]
| Globicephala etruriae Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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| Lower mandible | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | Globicephala |
| Species: | †G. etruriae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Globicephala etruriae Pilleri, 1987 | |
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