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'''''Casatia''''' is a genus of extinct [[cetacean]] from the [[Early Pliocene]], approximately between 5.1 and 4.5 million years ago. The genus contains a single species, '''''C. thermophila'''''. It was described from a partial skull. Its closest relatives are the [[narwhal]] and [[beluga whale|beluga]] (white whale), yet the remains were found farther south than its relatives, supporting the theory that [[monodontid]]s evolved from warm water genera before becoming adapted to cold water. |
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Fossils were discovered in Italy and are the first and only fossils of monodontid from the Mediterranean Basin as of now. Fossils of the genus were also found near fossils of the modern [[bull shark|bull]] and [[tiger shark]]s as well as many extinct marine mammals, such as the sirenian known as ''[[Metaxytherium subapenninum]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=A new Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the lower Pliocene of Italy supports a warm-water origin for narwhals and white whales |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |date=22 August 2019|doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1645148 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2019.1645148}}</ref> |
Fossils were discovered in Italy and are the first and only fossils of monodontid from the Mediterranean Basin as of now. Fossils of the genus were also found near fossils of the modern [[bull shark|bull]] and [[tiger shark]]s as well as many extinct marine mammals, such as the sirenian known as ''[[Metaxytherium subapenninum]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=A new Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the lower Pliocene of Italy supports a warm-water origin for narwhals and white whales |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |date=22 August 2019|doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1645148 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2019.1645148}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Monodontidae |
| Genus: | †Casatia Bianucci, Pesci, Collareta & Tinelli, 2019 |
| Species: | †C. thermophila
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| †Casatia thermophila Bianucci, Pesci, Collareta & Tinelli, 2019
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Casatia is a genus of extinct cetacean from the Early Pliocene, approximately between 5.1 and 4.5 million years ago. The genus contains a single species, C. thermophila. It was described from a partial skull. Its closest relatives are the narwhal and beluga (white whale), yet the remains were found farther south than its relatives, supporting the theory that monodontids evolved from warm water genera before becoming adapted to cold water.
Fossils were discovered in Italy and are the first and only fossils of monodontid from the Mediterranean Basin as of now. Fossils of the genus were also found near fossils of the modern bull and tiger sharks as well as many extinct marine mammals, such as the sirenian known as Metaxytherium subapenninum.[1]
References
- ^ "A new Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the lower Pliocene of Italy supports a warm-water origin for narwhals and white whales". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 August 2019. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1645148.