Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: M. R. Buono and M. A. Cozzuol. 2013. A new beaked whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4):986-997

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

See also Berta 2017, Buono and Cozzuol 2013 and Marx et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Aporotus, Beneziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphius, Dagonodum, Globicetus, Imocetus, Messapicetus, Ninoziphius, Tusciziphius, Ziphirostrum

Subtaxa: Notoziphius bruneti

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Type: Notoziphius bruneti

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Playa El Doradillo (Miocene of Argentina)

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