Nenga
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Ziphiidae
Subfamilia: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Nenga
Species: †N. meganasalis
Name
[edit]Nenga Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007: 589
Type species: Nenga meganasalis [by monotypy and by original designation]
Etymology: "'Nenga' means whale (larger animal from the sea) in the native South African Xhosa language" [Bianucci et al., 2007: 589]
Gender: masculine
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Bianucci, G., Lambert, O. & Post, K. 2007. A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa. Geodiversitas 29(4): 561–618. ResearchGate Reference page.