Microberardius Bianucci & Lambert & Post 2007, n. gen

Authors :: Bianucci, Giovanni
Lambert, Olivier
Post, Klaas
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2007.
Abstract: 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.<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 565, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4651080