A new species of Middle Miocene sperm whale of the genus Scaldicetus (Cetacea; Physeteridae) from Shiga‐mura, Japan

• Published in: The Island Arc
• Main Authors: Hirota, Kiyoharu, Barnes, Lawrence G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1994
• Subjects: Catodon; Mura; Nares; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00125.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1440-1738.1994.tb00125.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00125.x

Abstract A nearly complete skeleton of a fossil sperm whale from the Middle Miocene age Bessho Formation at Shiga‐mura, Nagano Prefecture, the most complete fossil physeterid skeleton found in Japan, is here named Scaldicetus shigensis , new species. Its abruptly tapered rostrum, deep supracranial b...