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Physeter sp., Sperm whale

genus Physeter Linnaeus, 1758

• Modern species: middle Miocene - present (16.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Cetartiodactyla, infraorder Cetacea, superfamily Odontoceti, family Physeteridae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Nagano
• Holocene: Osaka