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Archaeophocaena
Taxonomy
Archaeophocaena was named by Murakami et al. (2012). Its type is Archaeophocaena teshioensis.
It was assigned to Phocoenidae by Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2014), Colpaert et al. (2015), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
It was assigned to Phocoenidae by Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2014), Colpaert et al. (2015), Marx et al. (2016) and Berta (2017).
Species
A. teshioensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Archaeophocaena Murakami et al. p. 1173 figs. Figs. 2-4 |
| 2014 | Archaeophocaena Murakami et al. p. 502 figs. Figure 7 |
| 2015 | Archaeophocaena Colpaert et al. p. 9 figs. Figure 8 |
| 2016 | Archaeophocaena Marx et al. p. 139 |
| 2017 | Archaeophocaena Berta p. 164 |
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G. †Archaeophocaena Murakami et al. 2012
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†Archaeophocaena teshioensis Murakami et al. 2012
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Murakami et al. 2012 | Assigned to Phocoenidae based on nasal protuber- ances, premaxillary eminences, fossae for inferior vestibules, and pterygoid hamuli separated by palatines. Differs from all pho- coenids by having wide and long ascending processes of premaxil- lae, dorsoventrally stout zygomatic process, both left and right as- cending processes of premaxillae attaching to each nasal, narrow fossae for inferior vestibules, and wide mesethmoid. Differs from all phocoenids except Pterophocaena by having very wide pre- maxillae at premaxillary sac fossae. Differs from all phocoenids except Miophocaena and Haborophocoena spp. by having anteri- orly diverging mesorostral groove at level of antorbital notch; and ascending process of right premaxillae much wider than its coun- terpart on the left. Differs from all phocoenids except Miopho- caena, Haborophocoena spp., and Septemtriocetus bosselaersi by having low premaxillary eminences. Differs from all phocoenids except Miophocaena, Haborophocoena spp., and Piscolithax ted- fordi by having strongly left-skewed skull. Differs from all pho- coenids except Haborophocoena toyoshimai and Piscolithax lon- girostris by having wide external nares. Differs from Piscolithax tedfordi, Lomacetus, Haborophocoena spp., and Miophocaena by having a wide rostrum at antorbital notch. Differs from all extinct phocoenids except Miophocaena and Haborophocoena toyoshi- mai in having anteromedial and posteromedial sulci that are not connected to the premaxillary foramina. |