Isanacetus
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Superfamilia: Balaenopteroidea
Genus: †Isanacetus
Species: †I. laticephalus
Name[edit]
Isanacetus Kimura & Ozawa, 2002: 684
Type species: Isanacetus laticephalus [Kimura & Ozawa, 2002: 684]
Etymology: (Japanese) isana = whale + (Latin) cetus = whale [Kimura & Ozawa, 2002: 684]
References[edit]
Primary references[edit]
- Kimura, T. & Ozawa, T. 2002. A new cetothere (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Early Miocene of Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3): 684–702. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0684:ANCCMF]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Additional references[edit]
- Marx, F.G. & Fordyce, R.E. 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2: 140434. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140434 Reference page.
Links[edit]
- Isanacetus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
Vernacular names[edit]
日本語: イサナケトゥス属 / イサナセタス属