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Taxonomy
Khoikhoicetus agulhasis was named by Bianucci et al. (2007). Its type specimen is SAM PQ 2678, a partial skull (most of the rostrum, the anterior part of the cranium and the vertex), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Agulhas, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine phosphorite in South Africa. It is the type species of Khoikhoicetus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Khoikhoicetus agulhasis Bianucci et al. p. 578 figs. Fig. 13, 14 |
| 2018 | Khoikhoicetus agulhasis Lambert et al. p. 138 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Khoikhoicetus agulhasis Bianucci et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.97000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | Khoikhoicetus agulhasis (type locality: 77212) |