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Ziphirostrum turninense

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Ziphirostrum turninense was named by Du Bus (1868). Its type specimen is IRSNB 3785-M.539, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mioziphius belgicus by Abel (1905).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Ziphirostrum turninense Du Bus p. 622
1873Ziphirostrum turninense Brandt p. 223
1874Ziphirostrum turninense Vanden Broeck p. 146
1880Ziphirostrum turninense Van Beneden and Gervais p. 415
1898Ziphirostrum turninense Trouessart p. 1060
1904Ziphirostrum turninense Trouessart p. 776
2005Ziphirostrum turninense Lambert p. 461
2013Ziphirostrum turniense Bianucci et al. p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
—Messapicetiformes
genusZiphirostrum
speciesturninense

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ziphirostrum turninense Du Bus 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.98000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Ziphirostrum turninense (232084)