Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci and K. Post. 2009. A new beaked whale (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from the middle Miocene of Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):910-922

Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024

See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2010, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert et al. 2013, Marx et al. 2016 and Ramassamy 2016

Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Mamaziphius, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Messapicetiformes, Nenga, Pelycorhamphus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Vomeroziphii, Ziphiina, Ziphiopsis, Tasmacetina, Indopacetina

Subtaxa: Nazcacetus urbinai

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Los Quesos (Miocene of Peru)

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