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Placoziphius duboisii ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971132https://www.gbif.org/species/4971132
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)64465https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=64465
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : Placoziphius : Placoziphius duboisii
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Physeteridae : Placoziphius : Placoziphius duboisii
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
superfamilyPhyseteroideaGray 1868
familyPhyseteridaeGray 1821
genusPlacoziphiusVan Beneden 1869
speciesPlacoziphius duboisiiVan Beneden 1869
Generic NamePlacoziphius
Scientific NamePlacoziphius duboisii Van Beneden, 1869
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Placoziphius duboisiispeciesbelongs to Placoziphiusstated without evidenceVan Beneden, 1869
Placoziphius duboisiispeciesbelongs to Placoziphiusstated with evidenceVelez-Juarbe et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietpiscivore, carnivore (based on Physeteridae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Odontoceti)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. J. Van Beneden. 1869. Sur un nouveau genre de ziphioide fossil (Placoziphius), trouve a Edeghem, pres d'Anvers. Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique 28:2-12

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1869Placoziphius duboisii Van Beneden p. 11 figs. Plates 1-2
1874Placoziphius duboisii Vanden Broeck p. 146
1880Placoziphius duboisii Van Beneden and Gervais p. 416
1898Placoziphius duboisii Trouessart p. 1061
1904Placoziphius duboisi Trouessart p. 776
1905Placoziphius duboisii Abel p. 87
2008Placoziphius duboisi Lambert p. 287
2015Placoziphius duboisi Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10

References

Van Beneden P. J. Sur un nouveau genre de ziphioide fossil (Placoziphius), trouve a Edeghem, pres d'Anvers, Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique 28, 2-12
Vanden Broeck E. Esquisse Geologique & paleontologique des depots Pliocenes des Environs d'Anvers, Memoires de la Societe Malacologiques de Belgique 9, 87-374
Van Beneden P. J., Gervais P. , Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux; ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle, 1-634
Trouessart E. L. , Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5, 665-1264
Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929
Abel O. (1905) Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers, Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3, 1-155
Lambert O. (2008) Sperm whales from the Miocene of the North Sea: a re-appraisal, Bulletin del'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 78, 277-316
Velez-Juarbe J., Wood A. R., et al (2015) Evolutionary patterns among living and fossil kogiid sperm whales: Evidence from the Neogene of Central America, PLoS One 10 4, e0123909 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123909
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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