Choneziphius
| Choneziphius | |
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| Choneziphius planirostris fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | Ziphiidae |
| Genus: | Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 |
| Species | |
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†C. planirostris (Cuvier, 1824) [originally Ziphius] (type) †C. leidyi Bianucci, Lambert, Post, and Mateus, 2013 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Proroziphius Leidy, 1876 | |
Choneziphius is an extinct genus of ziphiidae cetacean, with two species known from the Miocene: C. planirostris and C. leidyi.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Lambert, O. (2005). Systematics and phylogeny of the fossil beaked whales Ziphirostrum du Bus, 1868 and Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), from the Neogene of Antwerp (North of Belgium) Geodiversitas 27(3): 443-497
- ↑ Bianucci G., Miján I, Lambert O., Post K. & Mateus O. 2013. — Bizarre fossil beaked whales(Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35 (1): 105-153.