Brygmophyseter shigensis Hirota and Barnes 1995

Mammalia - Cetacea

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

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