†Kogia prisca Matsumoto 1926 (pygmy sperm whale)
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Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1926. On some fossil cetaceans of Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University Second Series (Geology) 10(1):17-27
Belongs to Kogia according to H. Matsumoto 1926
Sister taxa: Kogia breviceps, Kogia danomurai, Kogia pusilla, Kogia sima
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mito, Pliocene, which is in a Zanclean marine tuff in Japan
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mito, Pliocene
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