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Ihlengesi saldanhae

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Ihlengesi saldanhae was named by Bianucci et al. (2007). Its type specimen is SAM PQ 2792, a partial skull (partial skull including the rostrum base, anterior part of the cranium, and the vertex), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saldanha Bay, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine phosphorite in South Africa. It is the type species of Ihlengesi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Ihlengesi saldanhae Bianucci et al. p. 580

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
—Vomeroziphii
subfamilyHyperoodontinae
genusIhlengesi
speciessaldanhae

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.

†Ihlengesi saldanhae Bianucci et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available