†Orcinus paleorca Matsumoto 1937 (killer whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Alternative combination: Orca paleorca
Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1937. A new species of orc from the basal Calabrian at Naganuma, Minato Town, Province of Kazusa, Japan. Zoological Magazine 49(8):191-193
Belongs to Orcinus according to Y. Kawamura 1991
See also Hershkovitz 1966, Matsumoto 1937 and Oishi and Hasegawa 1995
Sister taxa: Orcinus citoniensis, Orcinus meyeri, Orcinus orca
Type specimen: Its type locality is Naganuma, which is in a Calabrian marine conglomerate in the Sanuki Formation of Japan
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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