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| New whale Genus discovered in Peru | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 26 2016, 01:12 AM (601 Views) | |
| SETA222 | Nov 26 2016, 01:12 AM Post #1 |
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Peruvian whale fossil in Japan identified as new extinct genus GAMAGORI, Aichi Prefecture--It was found in a Peruvian desert 26 years ago and was put on display here 17 years ago. Now, an almost complete fossilized skeleton of an ancient whale has been identified as a long-lost branch of the mammal. The 8-meter-long fossil, excavated from about 7.5-million-year-old strata in the Sacaco Basin in southern Peru, has been a permanent exhibit at the Gamagori Museum of Earth, Life and the Sea since the facility opened in 1999. “This will be a valuable reference in the research of the history of whale evolution,” said Naoko Miyakawa, a curator at the city-run museum. Last year, Naoki Kohno, a mammal paleontology expert at the National Museum of Nature and Science, and Felix Marx, a visiting researcher at the museum, pointed out the possibility it was of a never-before-identified species in the rorqual, or baleen whale family. And so the investigation began. The team found the well-preserved fossil had different characteristics from known examples in the rorqual. One major discrepancy was in the shape of the upper jaw. Britain's Royal Society has officially recognized the whale not only as a new species but also a new genus, a rank between species and family in biological classification. The findings were published in the Royal Society Open Science academic journal on Oct. 5. Scientists named the new genus Incakujira anillodefuego, hoping that it will be an “Incan whale that connects Peru and Japan.” “Incakujira” means “Incan whale” in Japanese. The fossil at the museum was also designated as the holotype--the type specimen used in the original description of a species--for Incakujira anillodefuego. Gamagori Mayor Shokichi Inaba said: “I am proud as it is the one and only fossil in the world. I would like to take advantage of it to promote our city to the world. http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611240001.html |
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| Mammuthus | Nov 26 2016, 01:28 AM Post #2 |
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Nice find SETA, another good post as usuall Do you have any pictures of the fossil (s) |
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| SETA222 | Nov 26 2016, 01:35 AM Post #3 |
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The full pic ![]() ![]() word word word word word Edited by SETA222, Nov 26 2016, 01:38 AM.
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| Thalassophoneus | Feb 13 2017, 06:09 AM Post #4 |
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What is it? Is it a rorqual? |
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| SETA222 | Feb 13 2017, 09:12 AM Post #5 |
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Yep. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/10/160542 |
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