Xhosacetus
Xhosacetus is a genus of Ziphiidae 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]
| Xhosacetus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Ziphiidae |
| Genus: | †Xhosacetus Bianucci et al. 2007 |
| Species: | †X. hendeysi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xhosacetus hendeysi Bianucci et al. 2007 | |
References
- "Fossilworks: Xhosacetus". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- 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. doi:10.7717/peerj.2479. PMC 5036081. PMID 27688973. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- "Xhosacetus Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- 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
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