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Imocetus Bianucci & Miján & Lambert & Post & Mateus 2013, n. gen.

Description

Genus Imocetus n. gen.

TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES. — Imocetus piscatus n. sp., by present designation.

ETYMOLOGY. — From Latin “imum”, bottom, because it was trawled on the sea floor, and from Latin “cetus”, whale. Gender masculine.

DIAGNOSIS. — Same as for the species.

Notes

Published as part of Bianucci, Giovanni, Miján, Ismael, Lambert, Olivier, Post, Klaas & Mateus, Octávio, 2013, Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula, pp. 105-153 in Geodiversitas 35 (1) on page 130, DOI: 10.5252/g2013n1a6, http://zenodo.org/record/5379815

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bianucci & Miján & Lambert & Post & Mateus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Hyperoodontidae
Genus
Imocetus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Imocetus Bianucci, Miján, Lambert, Post & Mateus, 2013