Pterophocaena nishinoi
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Phocoenidae
Genus: †Pterophocaena
Species: †Pterophocaena nishinoi
Name
[edit]Pterophocaena nishinoi Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Hirano, 2012: 1158
Type locality: "collected as a calcareous concretionary float in a small tributary valley of the Teshio River in Homare 2 District, Nakagawa, Hokkaido, Japan".
Holotype: NMV-7 [Nakagawa Museum of Natural History, Hokkaido]
Eponymy: Takanobu Nishino, "who collected the holotype" [Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Hirano, 2012: 1158]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Murakami, M., Shimada, C., Hikida, Y. & Hirano, H. 2012. A new basal porpoise, Pterophocaena nishinoi (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene of Japan and its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5): 1157–1171. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.677299 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Pterophocaena nishinoi – Taxon details on Fossilworks.