Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1864. On the cetacean fossils termed Ziphius by Cuvier, with a notice of a new species (Belemnoziphius compressus) from the Red Crag. Proceedings of the Geological Society 20:388-396
Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to A. Berta 2017
See also Abel 1905, Carroll 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gill 1872, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1928, Lambert 2005, Lydekker 1887, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead 1975, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Uhen et al. 2008, Uhen and Pyenson 2007 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Argyrodelphini, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Mamaziphius, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Messapicetiformes, Nazcacetus, Nenga, Pelycorhamphus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Vomeroziphii, Ziphiina, Ziphiopsis, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina
Subtaxa: Belemnoziphius compressus Belemnoziphius prorops
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Pliocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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