Brygmophyseter

Brygmophyseter shigensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontoceti

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti

Familia: Physeteridae
Genus: †Brygmophyseter
Species: †B. shigensis

Name

Brygmophyseter Barnes in Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 4

Type species: †Scaldicetus shigensis Hirota & Barnes, 1995, by monotopy [Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 5]

Synonyms

• Naganocetus Bianucci & Landini, 2006 [September] [objective synonymy]

Etymology: (Greek) brygmos = biting or gnashing + Physeter = blower [Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 4]

References

Primary references

• Kimura, T., Hasegawa, Y. & Barnes, L.G. 2006. Fossil sperm whales (Cetacea, Physeteridae) from Gunma and Ibaraki prefectures, Japan; with observations on the Miocene fossil sperm whale Scaldicetus shigensis Hirota & Barnes, 1995. Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 10: 1–23. PDF PDF Reference page. 
• Hirota, K. & Barnes, L.G. 1994 [1995]. A new species of Middle Miocene sperm whale of the genus Scaldicetus (Cetacea; Physeteridae) from Shiga-mura, Japan. Island Arc 3(4): 453–472. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00125.x Reference page. 
• Bianucci, G.; Landini, W. 2006: Killer sperm whale: a new basal physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Miocene of Italy. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 148: 103–131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00228.x

Links

• Brygmophyseter – Taxon details on Fossilworks.