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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | Globicephala |
| Species: | †G. etruriae
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| †Globicephala etruriae Pilleri, 1987
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References
edit- ^ "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". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
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