Biology:Xhosacetus
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
Xhosacetus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Ziphiidae |
Genus: | †Xhosacetus Bianucci et al. 2007 |
Species: | †X. hendeysi
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Binomial name | |
†Xhosacetus hendeysi Bianucci et al. 2007
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Xhosacetus is a genus of ziphiid cetaceans with a single species, Xhosacetus hendeysi.[1][2][3] It was classified from fossils found off the coast of the Kerguelen islands in 1,145 meter deep water.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Xhosacetus". Fossilworks. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=113829.
- ↑ Bianucci, Giovanni; Di Celma, Claudio; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (2016-09-20). "New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)". PeerJ 4: e2479. doi:10.7717/peerj.2479. PMID 27688973.
- ↑ "Xhosacetus Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007". GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/4832299.
- ↑ BIANUCCI G., LAMBERT O. & POST K. 2007. — A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa. Geodiversitas 29 (4): 561-618.
- ↑ LAMBERT O., MUIZON C. de, DUHAMEL G. & VAN DER PLICHT J. 2018. — Neogene and Quaternary fossil remains of beaked whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from deep-sea deposits off Crozet and Kerguelen islands, Southern Ocean. Geodiversitas 40 (6): 135-160. https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a6
Wikidata ☰ Q21356482 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosacetus.
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