Xhosacetus

Summary

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 edit

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Xhosacetus". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ 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. PMC 5036081. PMID 27688973.
  3. ^ "Xhosacetus Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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