Brygmophyseter
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Physeteridae
Genus: †Brygmophyseter
Species: †B. shigensis
Name
[edit]Brygmophyseter Barnes in Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 4
Type species: †Scaldicetus shigensis Hirota & Barnes, 1995, by monotopy [Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 5]
Synonyms
[edit]- Naganocetus Bianucci & Landini, 2006 [September] [objective synonymy]
Etymology: (Greek) brygmos = biting or gnashing + Physeter = blower [Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 4]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Brygmophyseter – Taxon details on Fossilworks.