Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, and K. Post. 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
Belongs to Microberardius according to G. Bianucci et al. 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SAMP PQ 3003, a partial skull (partial skull including the anteriorly worn rostrum, most of the dorsal surface of the cranium and the nearly complete vertex). Its type locality is Southern Africa, offshore, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine phosphorite in South Africa.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Africa, offshore
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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