Imocetus, Bianucci & Miján & Lambert & Post & Mateus, 2013

Bianucci, Giovanni, Miján, Ismael, Lambert, Olivier, Post, Klaas & Mateus, Octávio, 2013, Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula, Geodiversitas 35 (1), pp. 105-153 : 130

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2013n1a6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3B7A3057-128A-4BB4-963E-287494186E32
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5465537
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C3674BA4-9DA8-4D1F-8CE2-1D66C0EAF64E
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:C3674BA4-9DA8-4D1F-8CE2-1D66C0EAF64E
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Imocetus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Imocetus n. gen.

TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES. — Imocetus piscatus n. sp., by present designation.

ETYMOLOGY. — From Latin “imum”, bottom, because it was trawled on the sea floor, and from Latin “cetus”, whale. Gender masculine.

DIAGNOSIS. — Same as for the species.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Hyperoodontidae

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