Xhosacetus Bianucci & Lambert & Post 2007, n. gen

Authors :: Bianucci, Giovanni
Lambert, Olivier
Post, Klaas
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2007.
Abstract: Genus Xhosacetus n. gen. TYPE SPECIES. — Xhosacetus hendeysi n. gen., n. sp., by present designation. ETYMOLOGY. — From Xhosa, one of the official languages of South Africa, characterized by prominent clicks (the word Xhosa itself starts with a click), somewhat reminiscent of the echolocative clicks produced by odontocetes, and from Latin "cetus", whale. Gender masculine. DIAGNOSIS. — Same as for the species.<br />Published as part of Bianucci, Giovanni, Lambert, Olivier & Post, Klaas, 2007, A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa, pp. 561-618 in Geodiversitas 29 (4) on page 592, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4651080