Zygophyseter Bianucci & Landini 2006, GEN. NOV.

ZYGOPHYSETER GEN. NOV. Diagnosis : As for Zygophyseter varolai , the only included species. Type and only included species : Zygophyseter varolai sp. nov. Etymology : The generic name is a combination of the Latin adjective zygomaticus , emphasizing the extreme elongation of the zygomatic process of...

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Main Authors: Bianucci, Giovanni, Landini, Walter
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2006
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physeteridae
Zygophyseter
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5488237
https://zenodo.org/record/5488237
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Summary:ZYGOPHYSETER GEN. NOV. Diagnosis : As for Zygophyseter varolai , the only included species. Type and only included species : Zygophyseter varolai sp. nov. Etymology : The generic name is a combination of the Latin adjective zygomaticus , emphasizing the extreme elongation of the zygomatic process of the squamosal, and Physeter , the type genus of the family Physeteridae. Gender masculine. : Published as part of Bianucci, Giovanni & Landini, Walter, 2006, Killer sperm whale: a new basal physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Miocene of Italy, pp. 103-131 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148 (1) on page 106, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00228.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5427349

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