Haborophocoena toyoshimai 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

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

See also Fajardo-Mellor et al. 2006, Ichishima and Kimura 2005, Ichishima and Kimura 2009 and Ichishima and Kimura 2013

Sister taxon: Haborophocoena minutus

Type specimen: HMNH 110-1. Its type locality is Haboro, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Mochikubetsu Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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