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Choneziphius macrops

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Proroziphius macrops was named by Leidy (1876) [No type specimen is listed in Leidy 1876: it is not apparent in ANSP or USNM collections. The type specimen was figured by Leidy (1877; plate 32, figures 1, 2). no type specimen listed in Leidy 1876: not apparent in ANSP or USNM collections]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ashley River (Miocene Marl), which is in a Miocene marine marl in South Carolina. It is the type species of Protoziphius.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mesoplodon longirostris by Abel (1905); it was recombined as Choneziphius macrops by Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904), Lambert (2005) and Bianucci et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Proroziphius macrops Leidy p. 87
1877Proroziphius macrops Leidy p. 227
1898Choneziphius macrops Trouessart p. 1060
1902Proroziphius macrops Hay p. 597
1904Choneziphius macrops Trouessart p. 776
1930Proroziphius macrops Hay p. 583
2005Choneziphius macrops Lambert p. 465
2008Proroziphius macrops Uhen et al. p. 580
2013Choneziphius macrops Bianucci et al. p. 111

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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
speciesmacrops()

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.

†Choneziphius macrops Leidy 1876
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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: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Miocene or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Proroziphius macrops (type locality: 18506)