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

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 577-591

  Kimura, Toshiyuki ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a Gunma Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANCESTRY; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

GUMMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; CETOTHERIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; MYSTICETI;

EID: 77952253027     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003621912     Document Type: Article

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