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: Messapicetiformes according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024

See also Berta 2017 and Bianucci et al. 2016

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

Subtaxa: Chimuziphius coloradensis

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Tortonian) (Miocene of Peru)

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