Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci, I. Miján, and O. Lambert. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35(1):105-153
Belongs to Tusciziphius according to B. Ramassamy 2016
See also Bianucci et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Tusciziphius crispus
Type specimen: SGHN MA0926, a partial skull (rostrum, facial area, and vertex). Its type locality is Cortada fishing ground, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian offshore shelf phosphorite in Spain.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Portugal (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Spain (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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