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Ninoziphius platyrostris

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Ninoziphius platyrostris was named by Muizon (1983). Its type specimen is SAS 941, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Ninoziphius platyrostris Muizon pp. 85-86 figs. Fig. a-d
2008Ninoziphius platyrostris Uhen et al. p. 579
2008Ninoziphius platyrostris Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 212
2011Ninoziphius platyrostris Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1
2016Ninoziphius platyrostris Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
—Messapicetiformes
genusNinoziphius
speciesplatyrostris

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.

†Ninoziphius platyrostris Muizon 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Hemphillian or 15.97000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Ninoziphius platyrostris (48887)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Ninoziphius platyrostris (79793)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6USA (Florida) Ninoziphius platyrostris (18548)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Ninoziphius platyrostris (18532 60036)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Ninoziphius platyrostris (type locality: 13079)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Ninoziphius platyrostris (154720)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Ninoziphius platyrostris, Ziphiidae indet. (52582)