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Taxonomy
Khoikhoicetus was named by Bianucci et al. (2007). Its type is Khoikhoicetus agulhasis.
It was assigned to Hyperoodontinae by Bianucci et al. (2007), Marx et al. (2016), Lambert and Louwye (2016), Lambert et al. (2018) and Bianucci et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Hyperoodontinae by Bianucci et al. (2007), Marx et al. (2016), Lambert and Louwye (2016), Lambert et al. (2018) and Bianucci et al. (2024).
Species
K. agulhasis (type species), K. kergueleni
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Khoikhoicetus Bianucci et al. p. 578 |
| 2016 | Khoikhoicetus Lambert and Louwye figs. Figure 3 |
| 2016 | Khoikhoicetus Marx et al. p. 130 |
| 2018 | Khoikhoicetus Lambert et al. p. 138 |
| 2024 | Khoikhoicetus Bianucci et al. p. 32 |
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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.
G. †Khoikhoicetus Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Khoikhoicetus agulhasis Bianucci et al. 2007
†Khoikhoicetus kergueleni Lambert et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | K. agulhasis (77212) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Holocene | French Southern Territories | K. kergueleni (192393) |