A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa
Author
Bianucci, Giovanni
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, via S. Maria, 53, I- 56126 Pisa (Italy) bianucci @ dst. unipi. it
Author
Lambert, Olivier
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Département de Paléontologie, rue Vautier, 29, B- 1000 Brussels (Belgium) olivier. lambert @ naturalsciences. be
Author
Post, Klaas
Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, P. O. Box 23452, NL- 3001 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) klaas @ fiskano. nl
klaas@fiskano.nl
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Geodiversitas
2007
29
4
561
618
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4651080
1638-9395
4651080
FA38C827-6C5F-4B70-B306-F30C90801A2F
Genus
Microberardius
n. gen.
TYPE
SPECIES
. —
Microberardius africanus
n. gen., n. sp.
, by present designation.
ETYMOLOGY. — From the Ancient Greek “mikros”, small and
Berardius
, a Recent ziphiid genus.
Microberardius
n. gen.
for the small size of the species and its cranial similarities with
Berardius
spp. Gender masculine.
DIAGNOSIS. — Same as for the species.