Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci. 1997. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. The Ziphiidae. Palaeontographica Italica 84:163-192
Parent taxon: Hyperoodontinae according to B. Ramassamy 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci 1997, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Bianucci et al. 2013, Cioppi 2014, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Lambert 2005, Lambert et al. 2013, Marx et al. 2016 and Post et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Africanacetus, Globicetus, Hyperoodon, Ihlengesi, Imocetus, Indopacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Mesoplodon
Subtaxa: Tusciziphius atlanticus Tusciziphius crispus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Portugal (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Spain (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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