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: Ziphiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017 and Buono and Cozzuol 2013

Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Hyperoodontinae, Messapicetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiinae, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina

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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