Pseudorca is a genus of cetaceans with three members which include Pseudorca yokoyamai, Pseudorca yuanliensis and Pseudorca crassidens, of which P. crassidens (commonly known as the false killer whale) is the only extant member.
Pseudorca Crassidens travel in pods of 10-20 but may belong to larger schools around 100 and more
Pseudorca yuanliensis is found in Pliocene layers in Yuanli, Taiwan, while Pseudorca yokoyamai is found in both Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks in Japan.[1][2][3][4][5]
pseudorca, genus, cetaceans, with, three, members, which, include, yokoyamai, yuanliensis, crassidens, which, crassidens, commonly, known, false, killer, whale, only, extant, member, temporal, range, pliocene, recent, crassidens, false, killer, whale, only, ex. Pseudorca is a genus of cetaceans with three members which include Pseudorca yokoyamai Pseudorca yuanliensis and Pseudorca crassidens of which P crassidens commonly known as the false killer whale is the only extant member PseudorcaTemporal range Pliocene recentPseudorca crassidens or the false killer whale the only extant member Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder ArtiodactylaInfraorder CetaceaFamily DelphinidaeSubfamily GlobicephalinaeGenus PseudorcaReinhardt 1862SpeciesPseudorca crassidens Pseudorca yokoyamai Pseudorca yuanliensisPseudorca Crassidens travel in pods of 10 20 but may belong to larger schools around 100 and morePseudorca yuanliensis is found in Pliocene layers in Yuanli Taiwan while Pseudorca yokoyamai is found in both Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks in Japan 1 2 3 4 5 References edit Pseudorca yokoyamai Matsumoto 1926 false killer whale fossilworks org Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 false killer whale fossilworks org Pseudorca yuanliensis Chang and Cheng 1998 false killer whale fossilworks org Pseudorca crassidens False Killer Whale Australian gov Pseudorca Crassidens false killer whale marinebio org nbsp This Cetacean related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pseudorca amp oldid 1181772884, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
