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
Parent taxon: Hyperoodontinae according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Lambert et al. 2009 and Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Africanacetus, Hyperoodon, Ihlengesi, Indopacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Mesoplodon, Xhosacetus
Subtaxa: Pterocetus benguelae
Type: Pterocetus benguelae
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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