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Choneziphius chonops

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Proroziphius chonops was named by Leidy (1876) [I am not sure that USNM 16689 is the holotype of Proroziphius chonops, but that is how the USNM database identifies the specimen.]. Its type specimen is USNM 16689, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wando Mining Company, which is in a Zanclean marine marl in the Goose Creek Formation of South Carolina.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Proroziphius chonops Leidy p. 114
1877Proroziphius chonops Leidy p. 229
1898Choneziphius chonops Trouessart p. 1060
1902Proroziphius chonops Hay p. 597
1904Choneziphius chonops Trouessart p. 776
1930Proroziphius chonops Hay p. 583
2005Choneziphius chonops Lambert p. 466
2008Proroziphius chonops Uhen et al. p. 580
2013Choneziphius chonops 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
specieschonops()

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 chonops 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: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Proroziphius chonops (type locality: 123226)