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Archaeoziphius

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Archaeoziphius was named by Lambert and Louwye (2006) [The first use of this name is by Misonne (1958), but it is a nomen nudum. He used the combination Archaeoziphius dolloi.]. It was considered monophyletic by Lambert et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Lambert and Louwye (2006) and Berta (2017); and to Berardiinae by Bianucci et al. (2007), Lambert et al. (2009), Bianucci et al. (2010), Lambert et al. (2013), Ramassamy (2016), Marx et al. (2016) and Bianucci et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Archaeoziphius Lambert and Louwye p. 182 figs. Figs. 2-7
2007Archaeoziphius Bianucci et al. p. 565
2009Archaeoziphius Lambert et al. p. 919 figs. Fig. 10
2010Archaeoziphius Bianucci et al. p. 1093 figs. Figure 14
2013Archaeoziphius Lambert et al. p. 588 figs. FIgure 14
2016Archaeoziphius Marx et al. p. 130
2016Archaeoziphius Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17
2017Archaeoziphius Berta p. 162
2024Archaeoziphius Bianucci et al. p. 32

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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
subfamilyBerardiinae()
genusArchaeoziphius

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. †Archaeoziphius Lambert and Louwye 2006
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Archaeoziphius microglenoideus Lambert and Louwye 2006
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: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.97000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Belgium (Nijlen) A. microglenoideus (53679)