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 A. Berta 2017
See also Bianucci et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Hyperoodontinae, Messapicetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiinae, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum, Tasmacetina, Indopacetina
Subtaxa: Chimuziphius coloradensis
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Tortonian) (Miocene of Peru)
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