†Globicetus hiberus Bianucci et al. 2013 (beaked whale)
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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 Globicetus according to B. Ramassamy 2016
See also Bianucci et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MHNUSC 3958, a partial skull (rostrum, facial area, and vertex). Its type locality is Nazare Canyon, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean offshore shelf phosphorite in Portugal.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Portugal (1 collection), Spain (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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