The Ohope skull—a new species of Pleistocene sealion from New Zealand
作者:
JudithE. King,
期刊:
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
(Taylor Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 2
页码: 105-120
ISSN:0028-8330
年代: 1983
DOI:10.1080/00288330.1983.9515990
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Otariidae;Pleistocene;New Zealand;Ohope;fossils;Neophoca palatina;new taxa;morphology
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
An otariid skull from the Middle Pleistocene of Ohope Beach, North Island, is described as a new species,Neophoca palatina.The wide interorbital region is the main character that suggestsNeophoca,butN. palatinadiffers from the extantN. cinereain the smaller alveoli, wider palate and basioccipital, and a difference in the shape of the bulla.
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