Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci, C. Di Celma, M. Urbina and O. Lambert. 2016. New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti). PeerJ 4:e2479

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

See also Berta 2017 and Bianucci et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Mamaziphius, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Messapicetiformes, Nazcacetus, Nenga, Pelycorhamphus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Vomeroziphii, Ziphiina, Ziphiopsis, Tasmacetina, Indopacetina

Subtaxa: Chavinziphius maxillocristatus

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Type: Chavinziphius maxillocristatus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Los Quesos (Miocene of Peru)

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