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Numataphocoena ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4832680	https://www.gbif.org/species/4832680
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63499	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63499

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Phocoenidae : Numataphocoena

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Phocoenidae : Numataphocoena

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Odontoceti	Flower 1867
infraorder	Delphinida	Muizon 1984
superfamily	Delphinoidea	Flower 1865
family	Phocoenidae
genus	Numataphocoena	Ichishima & Kimura 2000

Scientific Name

Numataphocoena Ichishima & Kimura, 2000

Name Published In

J Vertebr Paleontol 20 (3), 25 September

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Numataphocoena	genus	belongs to Phocoenidae	stated without evidence	Ichishima and Kimura, 2000
Numataphocoena	genus	belongs to Phocoenidae	stated with evidence	Marx et al., 2016
Numataphocoena	genus	belongs to Phocoenidae	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Last Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Environment

marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

piscivore (based on Phocoenidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Odontoceti)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. Ichishima and M. Kimura. 2000. A new fossil porpoise (Cetacea; Delphinoidea; Phocoenidae) from the early Pliocene Horokaoshirarika Formation, Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):561-576

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Numataphocoena yamashitai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2000	Numataphocoena Ichishima and Kimura p. 561
2016	Numataphocoena Marx et al. p. 139
2016	Numataphocoena Tanaka and Ichishima p. 2
2017	Numataphocoena Berta p. 165

References

Ichishima H., Kimura M. (2000) A new fossil porpoise (Cetacea; Delphinoidea; Phocoenidae) from the early Pliocene Horokaoshirarika Formation, Hokkaido, Japan, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 3, 561-576

Marx F. G., Lambert O., et al (2016) Cetacean Paleobiology, 1-319

Tanaka Y., Ichishima H. (2016) A new skull of the fossil porpoise Numataphocoena yamashitai (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) from the upper part of the Horokaoshirarika Formation (lower Pliocene), Numata Town, Hokkaido, Japan, and its phylogenetic position, Palaeontologia Electronica 19.3 49A, 1-28

Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J Vertebr Paleontol 20 (3), 25 September - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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