Zygophyseter varolai is an extinct sperm whale that lived during the Tortonian age of the Late Miocene 11.2 to 7.6 million years ago. It is known from...
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of five genera: Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Brygmophyseter, Livyatan and Zygophyseter. All species are known by at least a skull, and are informally grouped...
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were more common in the Miocene, during which basal lineages (such as Zygophyseter and Brygmophyseter) existed; other fossil genera assigned to the Physeteridae...
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Lambert and colleagues estimated the body length of Livyatan using Zygophyseter and modern sperm whales as a guide. The authors opted to use the relationship...
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between the cheekbones in comparison to the dimensions of the related Zygophyseter. This makes it the smallest of the macroraptorial sperm whales. Unlike...
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†Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia †Koristocetus †Nanokogia †Platyscaphokogia...
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"raptorial"). The other members are Acrophyseter, Albicetus, Livyatan, and Zygophyseter, and these five whales have in common enamel-coated teeth in both the...
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†Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia †Koristocetus †Nanokogia †Platyscaphokogia...
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†Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia †Koristocetus †Nanokogia †Platyscaphokogia...
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†Eudelphis †Hoplocetus †Livyatan †Miophyseter †Rhaphicetus †Scaldicetus †Zygophyseter Kogiidae †Aprixokogia Kogia †Koristocetus †Nanokogia †Platyscaphokogia...
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