Microberardius, 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 : 565

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4651080

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FA38C827-6C5F-4B70-B306-F30C90801A2F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4650899

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6BFEA4D1-5803-4B32-9BDC-DADECBC83A2C

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:6BFEA4D1-5803-4B32-9BDC-DADECBC83A2C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Microberardius
status

gen. nov.

Genus Microberardius n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Microberardius africanus n. gen., n. sp., by present designation.

ETYMOLOGY. — From the Ancient Greek “mikros”, small and Berardius , a Recent ziphiid genus. Microberardius n. gen. for the small size of the species and its cranial similarities with Berardius spp. Gender masculine.

DIAGNOSIS. — Same as for the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

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