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]
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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