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Pterophocaena
Taxonomy
Pterophocaena was named by Murakami et al. (2012). Its type is Pterophocaena nishinoi.
It was assigned to Phocoenidae by Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2014), Colpaert et al. (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Phocoenidae by Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2014), Colpaert et al. (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017).
Species
P. nishinoi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Pterophocaena Murakami et al. p. 1158 figs. Figs. 2-7 |
| 2014 | Pterophocaena Murakami et al. p. 502 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2015 | Pterophocaena Colpaert et al. p. 9 figs. Figure 8 |
| 2016 | Pterophocaena Marx et al. p. 139 |
| 2017 | Pterophocaena Berta p. 165 |
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G. †Pterophocaena Murakami et al. 2012
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†Pterophocaena nishinoi Murakami et al. 2012
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Murakami et al. 2012 | A new species of phocoenid with a fossa for the ba- sisphenoidal sinus; parietals exposed in dorsal view; deep dorsal condyloid fossa; a ventrally bending posterior process of periotic; angle between posterior process of periotic and long axis of pars cochlearis <135◦. Differing from all phocoenids by: the absence of a premaxillary eminence; posterior half of the hamular process of the pterygoids not separated by palatines; a prominently dor- solaterally projecting premaxilla; premaxilla considerably over- hanging the maxilla and extending in line with the most lateral of the dorsal infraorbital foramen; a supraorbital process of the maxilla, steeply sloping ventrolaterally; a transversely straight- ened posterior margin of the ascending process of the maxilla in anterior view; a lateral suture line of the maxilla-frontal from the antorbital process to the postorbital process below the ventral limit of the rostrum in lateral view; a posteriorly protruding tem- poral crest; an anteroventrally narrowed and inverted teardrop- shaped temporal fossa; and several short ridges on the tympa- nosquamosal recess of the squamosal. |