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Placoziphius
Taxonomy
Placoziphius was named by Van Beneden (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Mioziphius by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen nudum by Palmer (1904).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Gill (1872); to Ziphiinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Physeterinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001) and Kazár (2002); to Physeteroidea by Lambert (2008); to Physeteridae by Abel (1905), Abel (1919), Kellogg (1928), Marx et al. (2016) and Collareta et al. (2017); and to Panphyseteroidea by Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015) and Berta (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Mioziphius by Zittel (1925); it was considered a nomen nudum by Palmer (1904).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Gill (1872); to Ziphiinae by Trouessart (1898) and Trouessart (1904); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Physeterinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001) and Kazár (2002); to Physeteroidea by Lambert (2008); to Physeteridae by Abel (1905), Abel (1919), Kellogg (1928), Marx et al. (2016) and Collareta et al. (2017); and to Panphyseteroidea by Velez-Juarbe et al. (2015) and Berta (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1869 | Placoziphius Van Beneden p. 11 figs. Plate 1-2 |
| 1872 | Placoziphius Gill p. 96 |
| 1898 | Placoziphius Trouessart p. 1061 |
| 1904 | Placoziphius Trouessart p. 776 |
| 1905 | Placoziphius Abel p. 85 |
| 1919 | Placoziphius Abel p. 765 |
| 1928 | Placoziphius Kellogg p. 34 figs. Table 1 |
| 1997 | Placoziphius McKenna and Bell p. 380 |
| 2001 | Placoziphius Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Placoziphius Kazár p. 154 |
| 2002 | Placoziphius Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Placoziphius Lambert p. 287 |
| 2015 | Placoziphius Velez-Juarbe et al. p. 15 figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2016 | Placoziphius Marx et al. p. 124 |
| 2017 | Placoziphius Berta p. 161 |
| 2017 | Placoziphius Collareta et al. p. 269 figs. Figure 6 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | P. scaldensis, P. duboisii (66961) | |
| Langhian | Austria | P. duboisii (55394) |