{"title":"New Humpback Whale Remains from the Holocene (Quaternary) of Osaka, Japan","authors":"Yoshihiro Tanaka, H. Taruno","doi":"10.3106/ms2021-0007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract. The generic name of the humpback whale, Megaptera was named after their forelimb, which means a “large wing”. New whale remains (specimen number: OMNH-QV 60) including the right scapula, humerus, and radius from the Namba Formation, Holocene in Osaka, Japan is reported as a humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae based on diagnoses of the species; having reduced acromion and coracoid processes of the scapula, and long humerus and radius. The body length of the individual can be estimated as 13 m based on the proportion between forelimb elements and body length. It suggests that OMNH-QV 60 is adult. The specimen is a certain record of Megaptera novaeangliae from Holocene sediments in Japan with size estimation.","PeriodicalId":49891,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Study","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mammal Study","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3106/ms2021-0007","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ZOOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract. The generic name of the humpback whale, Megaptera was named after their forelimb, which means a “large wing”. New whale remains (specimen number: OMNH-QV 60) including the right scapula, humerus, and radius from the Namba Formation, Holocene in Osaka, Japan is reported as a humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae based on diagnoses of the species; having reduced acromion and coracoid processes of the scapula, and long humerus and radius. The body length of the individual can be estimated as 13 m based on the proportion between forelimb elements and body length. It suggests that OMNH-QV 60 is adult. The specimen is a certain record of Megaptera novaeangliae from Holocene sediments in Japan with size estimation.
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Mammal Study is the official journal of the Mammal Society of Japan. It publishes original articles, short communications, and reviews on all aspects of mammalogy quarterly, written in English.