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Taxonomy
Notoziphius was named by Buono and Cozzuol (2013). Its type is Notoziphius bruneti.
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Buono and Cozzuol (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017); and to Messapicetiformes by Bianucci et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Buono and Cozzuol (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017); and to Messapicetiformes by Bianucci et al. (2024).
Species
N. bruneti (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Notoziphius Buono and Cozzuol p. 987 |
| 2016 | Notoziphius Marx et al. p. 130 |
| 2017 | Notoziphius Berta p. 162 |
| 2024 | Notoziphius Bianucci et al. p. 32 |
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G. †Notoziphius Buono and Cozzuol 2013
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†Notoziphius bruneti Buono and Cozzuol 2013
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. R. Buono and M. A. Cozzuol 2013 | Notoziphius differs from all other Ziphiidae in the following combination of characters: large, triangular and markedly asymmetric nasals, strongly point anteroven- trally with the anterior margin anterior to the premaxillary crest; the ascending process of the maxilla is not expanded posteriorly; supraoccipital strongly sloped posteroventrally; elliptical fossa in the nasal process of the premaxilla (shared only with Izikoziphius); functional maxillary teeth (shared with Messapicetus, Ninoziphius, and Tasmacetus); large distance between premaxillary crest (differs from Hyperoodon and Meso- plodon); reduced contact between nasal and premaxillary crests (sharedwithAporotus,Beneziphius,Caviziphius,Choneziphius, Izikoziphius, Messapicetus, Ziphirostrum, and Ziphius); lack of inclusion of the nasal in the premaxillary crest (differs from Nenga, Xhosacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Pterocetus, Indopacetus, Hyperoodon, Mesoplodon, Ihlengesi, and Africanacetus); lack of prenarial basin (differs from Aporotus, Beneziphius, Mess- apicetus, Ziphirostrum, and Ziphius); lack of constriction of the nasal process of the right premaxilla (differs from Africanace- tus, Beneziphius, Khoikhoicetus, Hyperoodon, Indopacetus, Ihlengesi, Mesoplodon, Messapicetus, Nazcacetus, Pterocetus, Tasmacetus, Tusciziphius, Xhosacetus, and Ziphirostrum); weak asymmetry of the premaxillary sac fossa (differs from Cav- iziphius, Choneziphius, Hyperoodon, Izikoziphius, Tusciziphius, and Ziphius); nasal process of the premaxilla concave with posterodorsal portion vertical (differs from Archaeoziphius, Berardius, Microberardius, Tusciziphius, Izikoziphius, Ziphius, Khoikhoicetus, Hyperoodon, Mesoplodon, Ihlengesi, and Africanacetus); lower vertex (differs from Izikoziphius, Ziphius, and Hyperoodon); premaxillary crest anterolaterally directed (shared with Aporotus, Beneziphius, Messapicetus, Tusciziphius, Caviziphius, Choneziphius, Izikoziphius, Ziphirostrum, and Ziphius); well-defined anteromedial depression of the dor- sal surface of the nasal (shared with Aporotus, Beneziphius, Caviziphius, Messapicetus, Nazcacetus, Tasmacetus, and Ziphirostrum); and small temporal fossa (differs from Messapicetus). |
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 | |||||