Alternative combinations: Naganocetus shigensis, Scaldicetus shigensis
Full reference: K. Hirota and L. G. Barnes. 1995. A new species of Middle Miocene sperm whale of the genus Scaldicetus (Cetacea; Physeteridae) from Shiga-mura, Japan. The Island Arc 3:453-472
Belongs to Brygmophyseter according to J. Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
See also Bianucci and Landini 2006, Hampe 2006, Hirota and Barnes 1995, Kazár 2002, Kimura et al. 2006, Kohno et al. 2007 and Lambert et al. 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SFM-00001, a skeleton. Its type locality is Hofuku-ji River, which is in a Langhian marine horizon in the Bessho Formation of Japan.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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