A new species of Middle Miocene baleen whale from the Nupinai Group, Hikatagawa Formation of Hokkaido, Japan

A fossil whale from the Hikatagawa Formation (Middle Miocene, 15.2–11.5 Ma) of Hokkaido, Japan is described as a new genus and species Taikicetus inouei and its phylogenetic position is examined. Consistent with the result of Marx, Lambert & de Muizon (2017), the Cetotheriidae form a clade with...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Yoshihiro, Ando, Tatsuro, Sawamura, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
Materias:
Evolutionary Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29967715
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4934

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29967715
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4934

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