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Izikoziphius ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832317https://www.gbif.org/species/4832317
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)113817https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=113817
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ziphiidae : Izikoziphius
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderCetaceaBrisson 1762
-PelagicetiUhen 2008
-NeocetiFordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborderOdontocetiFlower 1867
-SynrhinaGeisler et al. 2011
familyZiphiidaeGray 1850
subfamilyZiphiinaeGray 1850
genusIzikoziphiusBianucci Lambert & Post 2007
Scientific NameIzikoziphius Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
Name Published InBianucci, Giovanni, Olivier Lambert & Klaas Post. 2007. A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa. Geodiversitas 29(4): 5-62.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Izikoziphiusgenusbelongs to Ziphiinaestated without evidenceBianucci et al., 2007
Izikoziphiusgenusbelongs to Ziphiinaestated with evidenceMarx et al., 2016
Izikoziphiusgenusbelongs to Ziphiinaestated without evidenceLambert and Louwye, 2016
Izikoziphiusgenusbelongs to Ziphiidaestated without evidenceBerta, 2017
Izikoziphiusgenusbelongs to Ziphiinaestated without evidenceLambert et al., 2018
Izikoziphiusgenusbelongs to Ziphiidaestated without evidenceGovender, 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietpiscivore, carnivore (based on Ziphiidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Odontoceti)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, and K. Post. 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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Izikoziphius angustus ✝
species		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		116.0 Ma
Miocene		16.0 Ma
Miocene
Izikoziphius rossi ✝
species		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		216.0 Ma
Miocene		11.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2007Izikoziphius Bianucci et al. p. 570
2009Izikoziphius Lambert et al. p. 919 figs. Fig. 10
2010Izikoziphius Bianucci et al. p. 1093 figs. Figure 14
2013Izikoziphius Lambert et al. p. 588 figs. FIgure 14
2016Izikoziphius Lambert and Louwye figs. Figure 3
2016Izikoziphius Marx et al. p. 130
2017Izikoziphius Berta p. 162
2018Izikoziphius Lambert et al. p. 149
2019Izikoziphius Govender p. 14

References

Bianucci G., Lambert O., et al (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
Lambert O., et al (2009) A new beaked whale (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from the middle Miocene of Peru, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 3, 910-922
Bianucci G., Lambert O., et al (2010) High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (Genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru, Palaeontology 53 5, 1077-1098
Lambert O., Louwye S. (2016) A new early Pliocene species of Mesoplodon: a calibration mark for the radiation of this species- rich beaked whale genus, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1055754 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1055754
Marx F. G., Lambert O., et al (2016) Cetacean Paleobiology, 1-319
Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198
Lambert O., de Muizon C., et al (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 doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a6
Govender R. (2019) Fossil cetaceans from Duinefontein (Koeberg) an early Pliocene site on the southwestern Cape, South Africa, Palaeontologia Electronica 22 1.6A, 1-21 doi:10.26879/673
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 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work/web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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