• The skull of Pebanista has a bizygomatic width of 28.1 cm (11.1 in) and a preserved condylobasal length of 69.8 cm (27.5 in).
  • At the same time, the crests of Pebanista are more robust than what is seen in Platanista, somewhat like an intermediate between it and the marine forms.
  • Instead of a dense rainforest, the Amazon of Pebanista‘s time was dominated by a vast system of interconnected lakes and swamps known as “Pebas”.
  • An artistic reconstruction depicts Pebanista yacuruna in the murky waters of the Peruvian proto-Amazonia.
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  • It is believed that the Pebanista Yacuruna originally lived in the ocean before moving to freshwater habitats in search of new sources of food.
  • Pebanista constitutes the largest freshwater odontocete known, with an estimated body length of 3 meters, highlighting the ample resource availability and biotic...
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  • Pebanista yacuruna was a member of Platanistoidea, a group of dolphins that were common in the world’s oceans between 24 and 16 million years ago.
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    Pebanista yacuruna es la única especie de delfín de río (de agua dulce) del género monotípico extinto Pebanista, un cetáceo odontoceto de la familia...