Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Full reference: H. Ichishima and M. Kimura. 2000. A new fossil porpoise (Cetacea; Delphinoidea; Phocoenidae) from the early Pliocene Horokaoshirarika Formation, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):561-576
Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to Y. Tanaka and H. Ichishima 2016
See also Berta 2017, Ichishima and Kimura 2000 and Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Haborophocoena, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena, Phocoena, Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Phocoenoidinae, Piscolithax, Pterophocaena, Salumiphocaena, Semirostrum, Septemtriocetus
Subtaxa: Numataphocoena yamashitai
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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