Miophocaena nishinoi
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Phocoenidae
Genus: †Miophocaena
Species: †Miophocaena nishinoi
Name
editMiophocaena nishinoi Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Hirano, 2012: 1178
Type locality: Koetoi Formation; "collected from a calcareous concretion occurring as float in the study area"; Hokkaido, Japan.
Holotype: NMV-6 [Nakagawa Museum of Natural History, Hokkaido]
Eponymy: Takanobu Nishino, "who collected the holotype" [Murakami, Shimada, Hikida & Hirano, 2012: 1178]
References
editPrimary references
edit- Murakami, M., Shimada, C., Hikida, Y. & Hirano, H. 2012. Two new extinct basal phocoenids (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene Koetoi Formation of Japan and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5): 1172–1185. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.694337 Reference page.
Links
edit- Miophocaena nishinoi – Taxon details on Fossilworks.