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Notoziphius

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Species
N. bruneti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Notoziphius Buono and Cozzuol p. 987
2016Notoziphius Marx et al. p. 130
2017Notoziphius Berta p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
Amblyoccipita
Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
genusNotoziphius

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.

G. †Notoziphius Buono and Cozzuol 2013
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Notoziphius bruneti Buono and Cozzuol 2013
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. R. Buono and M. A. Cozzuol 2013Notoziphius differs from all other Ziphiidae in the following combination of characters: large, triangular and markedly asymmetric nasals, strongly point anteroven- trally with the anterior margin anterior to the premaxillary crest; the ascending process of the maxilla is not expanded posteriorly; supraoccipital strongly sloped posteroventrally; elliptical fossa in the nasal process of the premaxilla (shared only with Izikoziphius); functional maxillary teeth (shared with Messapicetus, Ninoziphius, and Tasmacetus); large distance between premaxillary crest (differs from Hyperoodon and Meso- plodon); reduced contact between nasal and premaxillary crests (sharedwithAporotus,Beneziphius,Caviziphius,Choneziphius, Izikoziphius, Messapicetus, Ziphirostrum, and Ziphius); lack of inclusion of the nasal in the premaxillary crest (differs from Nenga, Xhosacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Pterocetus, Indopacetus, Hyperoodon, Mesoplodon, Ihlengesi, and Africanacetus); lack of prenarial basin (differs from Aporotus, Beneziphius, Mess- apicetus, Ziphirostrum, and Ziphius); lack of constriction of the nasal process of the right premaxilla (differs from Africanace- tus, Beneziphius, Khoikhoicetus, Hyperoodon, Indopacetus, Ihlengesi, Mesoplodon, Messapicetus, Nazcacetus, Pterocetus, Tasmacetus, Tusciziphius, Xhosacetus, and Ziphirostrum); weak asymmetry of the premaxillary sac fossa (differs from Cav- iziphius, Choneziphius, Hyperoodon, Izikoziphius, Tusciziphius, and Ziphius); nasal process of the premaxilla concave with posterodorsal portion vertical (differs from Archaeoziphius, Berardius, Microberardius, Tusciziphius, Izikoziphius, Ziphius, Khoikhoicetus, Hyperoodon, Mesoplodon, Ihlengesi, and Africanacetus); lower vertex (differs from Izikoziphius, Ziphius, and Hyperoodon); premaxillary crest anterolaterally directed (shared with Aporotus, Beneziphius, Messapicetus, Tusciziphius, Caviziphius, Choneziphius, Izikoziphius, Ziphirostrum, and Ziphius); well-defined anteromedial depression of the dor- sal surface of the nasal (shared with Aporotus, Beneziphius, Caviziphius, Messapicetus, Nazcacetus, Tasmacetus, and Ziphirostrum); and small temporal fossa (differs from Messapicetus).
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: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) N. bruneti (146855)