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Choneziphius planirostris

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Ziphius planirostris was named by Cuvier (1824) [The type locality of Ziphius planirostris is not clear. Owen (1870) says that it is from the "middle Crag" at Antwerp]. Its type specimen is lectotype = MNHN CLB 22, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Choneziphius planirostris type locality, which is in a Serravallian/Tortonian marine horizon in Belgium.

It was recombined as Chonoziphius planirostris by Bronn (1853); it was recombined as Choneziphius planirostris by Duvernoy (1851), Pictet (1853), Gervais (1859), Huxley (1864), Scott (1873), Van Beneden and Gervais (1880), Capellini (1885), Lydekker (1887), Newton (1891), Trouessart (1898), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), Abel (1905), Capellini (1911), Hay (1930), Van Deinse (1935), Pilleri (1985), Pilleri (1987), Lambert (2005), Uhen et al. (2008), Post and Jensen (2013) and Ramassamy (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Ziphius planirostris Cuvier p. 356
1832Ziphius planirostris Meyer p. 100
1851Choneziphius planirostris Duvernoy p. 63
1853Chonoziphius planirostris Bronn p. 759
1853Choneziphius planirostris Pictet p. 385
1859Choneziphius planirostris Gervais p. 288
1864Choneziphius planirostris Huxley p. 352
1870Choneziphius packardi Lankester p. 502 figs. Plate 23, Figs. 1-4
1870Ziphius cuvieri Owen p. 6 figs. Fig. 3
1870Ziphius planus Owen p. 16
1873Choneziphius planirostris Scott p. 107
1874Ziphius planirostris Vanden Broeck p. 146
1880Choneziphius planirostris Van Beneden and Gervais p. 413
1885Choneziphius planirostris Capellini p. 9
1887Choneziphius planus Lydekker p. 14
1887Choneziphius planirostris Lydekker p. 64
1887Choneziphius planus Lydekker p. 64
1891Choneziphius planirostris Newton p. 69
1891Choneziphius packardi Newton p. 71
1891Choneziphius planus Newton p. 71
1898Choneziphius planirostris Trouessart p. 1059
1898Choneziphius packardi Trouessart p. 1060
1898Choneziphius planus Trouessart p. 1060
1902Choneziphius planirostris Hay p. 596
1904Choneziphius packardi Trouessart p. 775
1904Choneziphius planirostris Trouessart p. 775
1904Choneziphius planirostris cuvieri Trouessart p. 775
1904Choneziphius planus Trouessart p. 775
1905Choneziphius planirostris Abel p. 107
1911Choneziphius planirostris Capellini p. 115
1930Choneziphius planirostris Hay p. 583
1935Choneziphius planirostris Van Deinse p. 298
1985Choneziphius planirostris Pilleri p. 30
1987Choneziphius planirostris Pilleri p. 53
2005Choneziphius planirostris Lambert p. 466
2008Choneziphius planirostris Uhen et al. p. 578
2013Choneziphius planirostris Post and Jensen p. 19 fig. 1
2016Choneziphius planirostris Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
—Messapicetiformes
genusChoneziphius
speciesplanirostris()

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.

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Invalid names: Choneziphius packardi Lankester 1870 [synonym], Ziphius cuvieri Owen 1870 [synonym], Ziphius planus Owen 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Serravallian to the top of the Gelasian or 13.82000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Netherlands Choneziphius planirostris (53929)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Belgium (Temse) Choneziphius planirostris (67025)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Belgium (Antwerpen) Choneziphius planirostris (67015)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Ziphius planirostris (type locality: 232082)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333North Atlantic Choneziphius planirostris (208996)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands Choneziphius planirostris (53889)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) Ziphius cuvieri (47465)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Rodano) Ziphius planirostris (54102)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium (Oost-Vlaanderen) Choneziphius planirostris (57138)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Ziphius planus (85153)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Choneziphius planirostris, Choneziphius planus, Choneziphius packardi (48093)