Africanacetus, Bianucci & Lambert & Post, 2007

Bianucci, Giovanni, Lambert, Olivier & Post, Klaas, 2007, A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa, Geodiversitas 29 (4), pp. 561-618 : 583

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4651080
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA38C827-6C5F-4B70-B306-F30C90801A2F
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/77778FA8-665A-48C6-8902-C9405A7F9468
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:77778FA8-665A-48C6-8902-C9405A7F9468
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Africanacetus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Africanacetus n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Africanacetus ceratopsis n. gen., n. sp., by present designation.

ETYMOLOGY. — From “ Africana ”, the Marine Coastal Management fishery research vessel, which trawled three specimens of this genus at the same locality off the south coast of South Africa, “cetus” from Latin, whale. Gender masculine.

DIAGNOSIS. — Same as for the species.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Ziphiidae

Africanacetus, Bianucci & Lambert & Post, 2007

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