Incakujira
Incakujira is an extinct genus of rorqual from the Late Miocene (Huayquerian in the SALMA classification) Pisco Formation in western Peru.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus: | †Incakujira Marx & Kohno 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Incakujira anillodefuego Marx & Kohno 2016 | |
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Description
Incakujira differs from other rorquals (fossil and extant) in having a less attenuated rostrum and the features of the maxilla, supraorbital, and remainder of the cranium. Kujira in the genus name means "whale" in Japanese.[2]
Biology
The twisted postglenoid process of the squamosal suggests that the lunge-feeding capabilities of Incakujira were not as great as those of extant rorquals, and that Incakujira itself also pursued additional krill-feeding strategies like skimming.[3]
References
- Incakujira at Fossilworks.org
- Marx & Kohno, 2016, p.5
- Marx & Kohno, 2016, p.26
Bibliography
- Marx, Felix G., and Naoki Kohno. 2016. A new Miocene baleen whale from the Peruvian desert. Royal Society Open Science 3. 1–27. Accessed 2019-03-13.
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