Globicetus

Extinct genus of mammals

Globicetus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: Globicetus
Bianucci et al. 2013
Species:
G. hiberus
Binomial name
Globicetus hiberus
Bianucci et al. 2013

Globicetus is an extinct genus of ziphiidae cetaceans, with one species, G. hiberus, from the Miocene of Portugal and Spain.[1] The holotype is a skull in the Museu da Lourinhã, in Portugal. G. hiberus is notable for having a large, spherical mass of bone on its rostrum.

References

  1. ^ Bianucci G., Miján I, Lambert O., Post K. & Mateus O. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35 (1): 105-153.
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Odontocete genera
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Artiodactyla
  • Infraorder: Cetacea
Odontoceti
Xenorophidae
Waipatiidae
Squalodontidae
Squaloziphiidae
Eurhinodelphinidae
Crown-Odontoceti
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Physeteroidea
Kogiidae
Physeteridae
Allodelphinidae?
Squalodelphinidae?
Platanistidae
Berardiinae
Ziphiinae
Hyperoodontinae
Delphinida
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Kentriodontidae
Lipotidae
Iniidae
Pontoporiidae
Monodontidae
Phocoenidae
Lissodelphininae
Delphininae
Globicephalinae
Taxon identifiers
Globicetus


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