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Khoikhoicetus kergueleni

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Khoikhoicetus kergueleni was named by Lambert et al. (2018) [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2543332B-3F91-4890-8A85-93EB8A3B11E0]. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.COI1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skiff Bank, which is in a Miocene/Holocene basinal (siliceous) horizon in French Southern Territories.

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
genusKhoikhoicetus
specieskergueleni

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.

†Khoikhoicetus kergueleni Lambert et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Lambert et al. 2018Khoikhoicetus kergueleni n. sp. differs from Khoik­hoicetus agulhasis in the following features: larger size; outline of the rostrum in dorsal view distinctly triangular with straight lateral edges; dorsal infraorbital foramen notably distant from the maxilla- premaxilla suture (from 10 to 20 mm); premaxillary sac fossae signicantly proportionally narrower; bony nares relatively narrower and roughly oval-shaped; premaxillary crests anteroposteriorly thicker and wider (in anterior view) than the premaxillary sac fossae; and premaxillary crests located posterior to the premaxillary sac fossae (in lateral view), and not overhanging them.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Holocene11.608 - 0.0French Southern Territories Khoikhoicetus kergueleni (type locality: 192393)