Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: B. Ramassamy. 2016. Description of a new long-snouted beaked whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark: evolution of suction feeding and sexual dimorphism in the Ziphiidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178:381-409

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

See also Berta 2017 and Ramassamy 2016

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

Subtaxa: Dagonodum mojnum

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Type: Dagonodum mojnum

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gram Brick Works (Miocene of Denmark)

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