One New Genus-Woodeltia sorapuchiensis (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

One New Genus-Woodeltia sorapuchiensis

Caption

Woodeltia sorapuchiensis gen. et sp. nov. A newly described species from early-Miocene Japan that later adapted to cold Pliocene environments in Hokkaido, providing insights into the genus’s cold-climate adaptation and migration to the North American coast.

Credit

Mukai et al.

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