Xhosacetus

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Xhosacetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Ziphiidae
Genus:	† Xhosacetus Bianucci et al. 2007
Species:	†X. hendeysi
Binomial name
†Xhosacetus hendeysi Bianucci et al. 2007

Xhosacetus is a genus of ziphiid cetaceans with a single species, Xhosacetus hendeysi.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was classified from fossils found off the coast of the Kerguelen islands in 1,145 meter deep water.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Fossilworks: Xhosacetus". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
↑ Bianucci, Giovanni; Di Celma, Claudio; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (2016-09-20). "New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)". PeerJ. 4 e2479. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2479 . PMC 5036081 . PMID 27688973.
↑ "Xhosacetus Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007". www.gbif.org. GBIF . Retrieved 2020-10-30.
↑ BIANUCCI G., LAMBERT O. & POST K. 2007. — A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa. Geodiversitas 29 (4): 561-618.
↑ LAMBERT O., MUIZON C. de, DUHAMEL G. & VAN DER PLICHT J. 2018. — Neogene and Quaternary fossil remains of beaked whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from deep-sea deposits off Crozet and Kerguelen islands, Southern Ocean. Geodiversitas 40 (6): 135-160. https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a6

Odontocete genera

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea

Odontoceti

† Agorophius † Ankylorhiza † Archaeodelphis † Argyrocetus † Ashleycetus † Caolodelphis † Chilcacetus † Enigmatocetus † Eoplatanista † Inticetus † Macrodelphinus † Microcetus † Mirocetus † Neosqualodon † Olympicetus † Papahu † Patriocetus † Phoberodon † Phococetus † Prosqualodon † Sachalinocetus † Simocetus † Sulakocetus † Tangaroasaurus
† Xenorophidae	Albertocetus Cotylocara Echovenator Inermorostrum Xenorophus
† Waipatiidae	Awamokoa Ediscetus Nihohae Nihoroa Otekaikea Urkudelphis Waipatia
† Squalodontidae	Eosqualodon Squalodon
† Squaloziphiidae	Crisocetus ? Squaloziphius Yaquinacetus
† Eurhinodelphinidae	Ceterhinops Eurhinodelphis Iniopsis Mycteriacetus Phocaenopsis Schizodelphis Vanbreenia Xiphiacetus Ziphiodelphis
Crown-Odontoceti	see below↓

Crown-Odontoceti

Physeteroidea

† Acrophyseter † Albicetus † Brygmophyseter † Eudelphis † Hoplocetus † Livyatan † Miophyseter † Rhaphicetus † Scaldicetus † Zygophyseter
Kogiidae	† Aprixokogia Kogia † Koristocetus † Nanokogia † Platyscaphokogia † Pliokogia † Praekogia † Scaphokogia † Thalassocetus ?
Physeteridae	† Aulophyseter † Cozzuoliphyseter † Diaphorocetus † Idiophyseter † Idiorophus † Orycterocetus Physeter † Physeterula † Placoziphius † Thalassocetus ?

Platanistoidea

† Aondelphis † Dolgopolis † Ensidelphis † Perditicetus † Eurhinodelphinidae ? † Squalodontidae ? † Waipatiidae ?
† Allodelphinidae?	Allodelphis Arktocara Goedertius Ninjadelphis Zarhinocetus
† Squalodelphinidae?	Furcacetus Huaridelphis Macrosqualodelphis Medocinia Notocetus Phocageneus Squalodelphis
Platanistidae	† Araeodelphis † Dilophodelphis † Grimadelphis † Pachyacanthus ? † Pebanista Platanista † Pomatodelphis † Prepomatodelphis † Zarhachis ?

Ziphiidae

† Aporotus † Beneziphius † Caviziphius † Chavinziphius † Chimuziphius † Choneziphius † Dagonodum † Globicetus † Imocetus † Messapicetus † Nazcacetus † Nenga † Ninoziphius † Notoziphius † Pterocetus Tasmacetus † Tusciziphius † Xhosacetus † Ziphirostrum
Berardiinae	† Archaeoziphius Berardius † Microberardius
Ziphiinae	† Izikoziphius Ziphius
Hyperoodontinae	† Africanacetus Hyperoodon † Ihlengesi Indopacetus Mesoplodon

Delphinida	see below↓

Delphinida

† Albireo † Atocetus † Brevirostrodelphis † Cammackacetus † Delphinodon † Hadrodelphis † Herbeinodelphis † Liolithax † Lophocetus † Macrokentriodon † Miminiacetus † Odobenocetops † Pictodelphis † Pithanodelphis † Tagicetus † Westmorelandelphis
† Kentriodontidae	Belonodelphis ? Kampholophos Kentriodon Platysvercus Sophianacetus Rudicetus Wimahl
Lipotidae	Lipotes † Parapontoporia † Prolipotes

Inioidea

† Awadelphis
Iniidae	† Brujadelphis † Goniodelphis Inia † Ischyrorhynchus † Isoninia ? † Isthminia † Kwanzacetus † Meherrinia † Plicodontinia † Saurocetes
Pontoporiidae	† Atocetus ? † Auroracetus † Brachydelphis † Piscorhynchus † Pliopontos † Pontistes † Protophocaena † Samaydelphis † Scaldiporia † Stenasodelphis Pontoporia

Delphinoidea

Monodontidae	† Bohaskaia † Casatia Delphinapterus † Denebola † Haborodelphis Monodon
Phocoenidae	† Archaeophocaena † Australithax † Haborophocoena † Lomacetus † Miophocaena Neophocaena † Numataphocoena Phocoena Phocoenoides † Piscolithax † Pterophocaena ? † Semirostrum † Septemtriocetus

Delphinidae

† Arimidelphis † Australodelphis † Eodelphinus † Etruridelphis † Hemisyntrachelus Lagenorhynchus Leucopleurus † Norisdelphis Orcinus † Platalearostrum † Pliodelphis † Pterophocaena ?
Lissodelphininae	Aethalodelphis Cephalorhynchus Lissodelphis
Delphininae	Delphinus Lagenodelphis Sotalia Sousa Stenella Tursiops
Globicephalinae	Feresa Globicephala Grampus Orcaella Peponocephala Pseudorca Steno

Taxon identifiers
Xhosacetus	Wikidata: Q21356482 Wikispecies: Xhosacetus GBIF: 4832299 IRMNG: 1274254 Open Tree of Life: 4942229 Paleobiology Database: 113829 Plazi: 550B87C3-C161-FFBA-FF32-7445FB9E0608 ZooBank: 94C4450D-315C-4432-94C6-41FB1724DBE0

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