†Africanacetus gracilis Ichishima et al. 2017 (beaked whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: H. Ichishima, A. H. Agustin, T. Toyofuku and H. Kitazato. 2017. A new species of Africanacetus (Odontoceti: Ziphiidae) found on the deep ocean floor off the coast of Brazil. Deep–Sea Research II
Belongs to Africanacetus according to H. Ichishima et al. 2017
See also Lambert et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Africanacetus ceratopsis
Type specimen: MN7492-V, a skull. Its type locality is São Paulo Ridge, which is in a Zanclean deep-water volcaniclastic in Brazil.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at São Paulo Ridge
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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