Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci, W. Landini, and A. Varola. 1992. Messapicetus longirostris, a new genus and species of Ziphiidae (Cetacea) from the late Miocene of "Pietra leccese" (Apulia, Italy). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 31(2):261-264
Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2016, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Bianucci et al. 1992, Bianucci et al. 1994, Bianucci and Landini 2002, Bianucci et al. 2019, Bianucci and Varola 2014, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Lambert 2005, Lambert et al. 2013, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Ramassamy et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Hyperoodontinae, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiinae, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum, Tasmacetina, Indopacetina
Subtaxa: Messapicetus gregarius Messapicetus longirostris
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections), Peru (4), Spain (1), United States (6: California, Maryland)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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