Joumocetus shimizui

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mysticeti

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: Zatheria 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: Mysticeti

Familia: Cetotheriidae
Genus: †Joumocetus
Species: †Joumocetus shimizui

Name

Joumocetus shimizui Kimura & Hasegawa, 2010: 578

Type locality: Haraichi Formation, Annaka Group; "outcrop along the Kabura River, Yoshii, Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan".

Holotype: GMNH-PV-2401

Eponymy: Masaru Shimizu, "who found the type specimen and donated it to GMNH" [Kimura & Hasegawa, 2010: 578]

References

Primary references

• Kimura, T. & Hasegawa, Y. 2010. A new baleen whale (Mysticeti: Cetotheriidae) from the earliest late Miocene of Japan and a reconsideration of the phylogeny of cetotheres. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2): 577–591. DOI: 10.1080/02724631003621912 Reference page. 

Links

• Joumocetus shimizui – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

日本語: ジョウモウクジラ