A new basal porpoise, Pterophocaena nishinoi (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene of Japan and its phylogenetic relationships

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1157-1171

  Murakami, Mizuki ^a   Shimada, Chieko ^b,c   Hikida, Yoshinori ^d   Hirano, Hiromichi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d Nakagawa Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE MAMMAL; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ODONTOCETI; PHOCOENIDAE; SKENEA;

EID: 84865856949     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.677299     Document Type: Article

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