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Belemnoziphius compressus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Belemnoziphius compressus was named by Huxley (1864) [no type specimen number listed by Huxley (1864)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blackheath, which is in a Piacenzian foreshore horizon in the Red Crag Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Dioplodon compressus by Van Beneden and Gervais (1880); it was recombined as Mesoplodon compressus by Lydekker (1887), Newton (1891), Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Dioplodon compressior by Vigliarolo (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Mesoplodon longirostris by Abel (1905), Fordyce (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Belemnoziphius compressus Huxley p. 393 figs. Plate 19
1880Dioplodon compressus Van Beneden and Gervais p. 422
1887Mesoplodon compressus Lydekker p. 73
1891Mesoplodon compressus Newton p. 73
1894Dioplodon compressior Vigliarolo p. 14
1898Mesoplodon compressus Trouessart p. 1064
1904Mesoplodon compressus Trouessart p. 777
2008Belemnoziphius compressus Uhen et al. p. 578

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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
genusBelemnoziphius
speciescompressus

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.

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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 Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Belgium (Antwerpen) Belemnoziphius compressus (47465)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Belemnoziphius compressus (type locality: 85154)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Mesoplodon compressus (48093)