Haborophocoena minutus Ichishima and Kimura 2009 (porpoise)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Phocoenidae

Full reference: H. Ichishima and M. Kimura. 2009. A new species of Haborophocoena, an Early Pliocene phocoenid cetacean from Hokkaido, Japan. Marine Mammal Science 25(4):855-874

Belongs to Haborophocoena according to W. Colpaert et al. 2015

See also Ichishima and Kimura 2009

Sister taxon: Haborophocoena toyoshimai

Type specimen: SMAC 1388, a partial skull. Its type locality is Haboro, south, which is in a Zanclean coastal mudstone in the Embetsu Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Haboro, south

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