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Taxonomy
Ziphius compressus was named by Owen (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Felixstow, which is in a Gelasian foreshore horizon in the Red Crag Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1870 | Ziphius compressus Owen p. 25 figs. Plate V, fig. 3 |
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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.
†Ziphius compressus Owen 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available