Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1983. Un Ziphiidae nouveau du Pliocene inferieur de Perou. Comptes rendus de l'Academic des Sciences Paris Serie II 297:85-88
Parent taxon: Messapicetiformes according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024
See also Berta 2017, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Lambert 2005, Lambert et al. 2013, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1983, Muizon 1984, Muizon 1990, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: Aporotus, Beneziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphius, Dagonodum, Globicetus, Imocetus, Messapicetus, Notoziphius, Tusciziphius, Ziphirostrum
Subtaxa: Ninoziphius platyrostris
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida, North Carolina collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Peru (1), United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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