Haborophocoena Ichishima and Kimura 2005 (porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Full reference: H. Ichishima and M. Kimura. 2005. Harborophocoena toyoshimai, a anew early Pliocene porpoise (Cetacea, Phocoenidae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):655-664

Parent taxon: Phocoenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Colpaert et al. 2015, Ichishima and Kimura 2005, Ichishima and Kimura 2009, Ichishima and Kimura 2013 and Murakami et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena, Numataphocoena, Phocoena, Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Phocoenoidinae, Piscolithax, Pterophocaena, Salumiphocaena, Semirostrum, Septemtriocetus

Subtaxa: Haborophocoena minutus Haborophocoena toyoshimai

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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