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Taxonomy
Beneziphius cetariensis was named by Miján et al. (2017). Its type specimen is SGHNMF MA0953, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Selva fishing ground, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean offshore shelf phosphorite in Spain.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Beneziphius cetariensis Miján et al. figs. Figs. 1–4 |
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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.
†Beneziphius cetariensis Miján et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| I. Miján et al. 2017 | Beneziphius cetariensis differs from B. brevi- rostris in: the larger size; the rostrum being proportionally longer; the premaxillae being longer than the maxillae at the apex of the rostrum; the left premaxillary sac fossa being transversely concave; and the ascending process of the pre- maxilla reaching the vertical, with the posterodorsal portion of the ascending process slightly overhanging the bony nares.
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| References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian - Zanclean | Spain | Beneziphius cetariensis (type locality: 141838) |