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Taxonomy
Miophyseter chitaensis was named by Kimura and Hasegawa (2022). Its type specimen is TMNH10785, a partial skeleton (cranium with isolated right ear bones (periotic, tympanic bulla, and malleus), teeth, atlas, and many bone fragments including parts of the mandible and postcra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toyohama, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in the Toyohama Formation of Japan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Miophyseter chitaensis Kimura and Hasegawa p. 89 figs. Figures 2–8; Table 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Miophyseter chitaensis Kimura and Hasegawa 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Japan (Aichi) | Kogiidae indet. (type locality: 53881) |