Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Full reference: M. Murakami, C. Shimada, Y. Hikida and H. Hirano. 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
Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Colpaert et al. 2015, Murakami et al. 2012 and Murakami et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Haborophocoena, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena, Numataphocoena, Phocoena, Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Phocoenoidinae, Piscolithax, Salumiphocaena, Semirostrum, Septemtriocetus
Subtaxa: Pterophocaena nishinoi
Type: Pterophocaena nishinoi
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at Homare 2 District (Miocene of Japan)
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