Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Alternative combination: Orthragoriscus chelonopsis
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 Mola according to G. Carnevale et al. 2020
See also Ichishima and Kimura 2009, Purdy et al. 2001 and Weems 1985
Sister taxa: Mola mola, Mola pileata, Mola pileatus, Mola ramsayi, Orthagoriscus pileatus
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: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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