Biology:Izikoziphius
Izikoziphius is an extinct genus of beaked whale.[1][2] It contains two species: Izikoziphius rossi, and Izikoziphius angustus.
Etymology
The genus is named after the Iziko South African Museum. Its grammatical gender (in Latin) is masculine.[2] Izikoziphius rossi is named after Dr. Graham James Berry Ross from the Port Elizabeth Museum in South Africa.[2][3]
Description
Izikoziphius is different from the other genus in the subfamily Ziphiinae in that it has a longer rostrum, and lacks a prenarial basin. Izikoziphius rossi has a rostrum length of 490-530 millimeters, and a width and height of 94-155 and 84-100 millimeters, respectively. It differs from I. angustus in having a rostrum with a mid-length width more than that of its mid-length height. The base of its rostrum is also wider.[2]
Distribution
Fossils of this species were found off the coast of South Africa.[2]
References
- ↑ "†Izikoziphius Bianucci et al. 2007 (beaked whale)". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=113817.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Bianucci, Giovanni; Lambert, Olivier; Post, Klaas (31 December 2007). "A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa" (in en). Geodiversitas (Biodiversity Literature Repository) 29 (4): 561–618. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4651080. https://zenodo.org/records/4651080. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ Plön, Stephanie; Hofmeyr, G. J. Greg; Cockcroft, Victor G.; Shaughnessy, Peter; Kemper, Catherine M.; Beesley, Pamela L. (October 2017). "Graham James Berry Ross 1945–2017". Marine Mammal Science 33 (4): 1255–1263. doi:10.1111/mms.12455. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.12455. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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