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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti

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

Name

Brygmophyseter shigensis (Hirota & Barnes, 1994)

Type locality: "bed of the Hofuku-ji River, Matsumoto (formerly Shiga-mura, Higashi-chikuma Gun), Nagano Prefecture, Japan". [Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 6]

Holotype: SFM 00001

Synonyms

Brygmophyseter shigensis Kimura, Hasegawa & Barnes, 2006: 6
Naganocetus shigensis Bianucci & Landini, 2006: 104, 105
Scaldicetus shigensis Hirota & Barnes, 1994 (protonym)

References

Primary references

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.
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.
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 shigensis – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

日本語: シガマッコウクジラ