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Fig. 4 in New fossil remains from the Pliocene Koetoi Formation of northern Japan provide insights into growth rates and the vertebral evolution of porpoises

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Fig. 4. Vertebrae (A–E) and ribs (F, G) of the porpoise Phocoenidae gen. et sp. indet., NMV-5, early Pliocene of Teshio, Hokkaido, Japan. Cervical (1–7), thoracic (1, 3, 5, 7, X, XX, XXX, last-1, last), and lumbar vertebrae (1–3) in lateral (A) and dorsal (B) views; atlas (C), axis (D), first lumbar (E), left rib fragment (F), and anterior to central right ribs (G) in anterior view.

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Published as part of Murakami, Mizuki, Shimada, Chieko, Hikida, Yoshinori & Hirano, Hiromichi, 2015, New fossil remains from the Pliocene Koetoi Formation of northern Japan provide insights into growth rates and the vertebral evolution of porpoises, pp. 97-111 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (1) on page 102, DOI: 10.4202/app.2012.0127, http://zenodo.org/record/10980687

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