†Imocetus 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
Parent taxon: Messapicetiformes according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2013, Lambert et al. 2013, Marx et al. 2016 and Ramassamy 2016
Sister taxa: Aporotus, Beneziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphius, Dagonodum, Globicetus, Messapicetus, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Tusciziphius, Ziphirostrum
Subtaxa: Imocetus piscatus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nazare Canyon (Miocene to Pliocene of Portugal)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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