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Khoikhoicetus kergueleni

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9755963https://www.gbif.org/species/9755963
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)367667https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=367667
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ziphiidae : Khoikhoicetus : Khoikhoicetus kergueleni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Ziphiidae : Khoikhoicetus : Khoikhoicetus kergueleni
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
subfamilyHyperoodontinaeMuizon 1990
genusKhoikhoicetusBianucci et al. 2007
speciesKhoikhoicetus kergueleniLambert de Muizon Duhamel & van Der Plicht 2018
Generic NameKhoikhoicetus
Scientific NameKhoikhoicetus kergueleni Lambert, de Muizon, Duhamel & van Der Plicht, 2018
Name Published InLambert, Olivier, Christian de Muizon, Guy Duhamel & Johannes van Der Plicht. 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.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Khoikhoicetus kerguelenispeciesbelongs to Khoikhoicetusstated with evidenceLambert et al., 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance11.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 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)O. Lambert, C. de Muizon, and G. Duhamel, J. Van der Plight. 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

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2018Khoikhoicetus kergueleni Lambert et al. p. 138 figs. Fig 2-4

References

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
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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