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Yamatocetus canaliculatus
Taxonomy
Yamatocetus canaliculatus was named by Okazaki (2012). Its type specimen is KMNH VP 000.017, a partial skeleton (skull and skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kitakyushu City, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Jinnobaru Formation of Japan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Yamatocetus canaliculatus Okazaki p. 129 figs. Figs. 2- 29; Tables 2-6 |
| 2015 | Yamatocetus canaliculatus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2016 | Yamatocetus canaliculatus Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2017 | Yamatocetus canaliculatus Boessenecker and Fordyce |
| 2017 | Yamatocetus canaliculatus Tsai and Kohno |
| 2018 | Yamatocetus canaliculatus Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4 |
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†Yamatocetus canaliculatus Okazaki 2012
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Diagnosis
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| Y. Okazaki 2012 | Yamatocetus canaliculatus differs from olher named eomysticetids in; without elevation at midline of nasals; with gingival grooves on both upper and lower jaws; with large supraorbital process with parallel anterior and posterior margins in dorsal view; with rather blunt tip of rostrum. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||