A humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781), from the Pleistocene Kioroshi Formation of Inba-mura Chiba Prefecture, central Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-165

  Nagasawa, Kazuo ^a   Mitani, Yutaka ^b  

^a Kajo gakuen Senior High School   (Japan)

^b Funabashi Hoden Senior High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alisphenoid; Central Japan; Kioroshi Formation; Late Middle Pleistocene; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Pacific; Skull

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL; WHALE;

ASIA; CHIBA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; WORLD;

CETACEA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 10644225926     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.8.155     Document Type: Article

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