Pterophocaena nishinoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea

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: Odontoceti Cladus: Delphinida Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Phocoenidae
Genus: †Pterophocaena
Species: †Pterophocaena nishinoi

Name

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

Primary references

• 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

• Pterophocaena nishinoi – Taxon details on Fossilworks.