Globicetus
| Globicetus | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Ziphiidae |
| Genus: | †Globicetus Bianucci et al. 2013 |
| Species: | †G. hiberus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Globicetus hiberus Bianucci et al. 2013
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Globicetusis an extinct genus ofziphiidaecetaceans,with one species,G. hiberus,from theMioceneof Portugal and Spain.[1] Theholotypeis a skull in theMuseu da Lourinhã,in Portugal.G. hiberusis notable for having a large, spherical mass of bone on itsrostrum.
References
[edit]- ^Bianucci G., Miján I, Lambert O., Post K. & Mateus O. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35 (1): 105-153.
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