Zygophyseter Bianucci & Landini 2006, GEN. NOV.

ZYGOPHYSETERGEN. 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 s...

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Main Authors: Bianucci, Giovanni, Landini, Walter
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2006
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Physeteridae
Zygophyseter
Sperm whale
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5488237
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5488237
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Summary:ZYGOPHYSETERGEN. 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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