Taikicetus
Name:
Taikicetus.
Phonetic: Ty-ke-se-tus.
Named By: Y. Tanaka, T. Ando & H.
Sawamura - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Artiodactyla, Cetacea, Mysticeti.
Species: T. inouei (type).
Diet: Filter feeder.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: Japan - Hikatagawa Formation.
Time period: Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Taikicetus
is a genus of baleen whale
that lived in waters around Japan during the
Miocene.
Further reading
- A new species of Middle Miocene baleen whale from the Nupinai
Group, Hikatagawa Formation of Hokkaido, Japan. - PeerJ
6:e4934. - Y. Tanaka, T. Ando & H. Sawamura -
2018.
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