Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci, A. M. Benites-Palomino, A. Collareta, G. Bosio, C. Muizon, M. Merella, C. Di Celma, E. Malinverno, M. Urbina and O. Lambert. 2024. A new Late Miocene beaked whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Pisco Formation, and a revised age for the fossil Ziphiidae of Peru. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 63(1):21-43

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

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

Subtaxa: Mamaziphius reyesi

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Type: Mamaziphius reyesi

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerros la Mama y la Hija (Miocene of Peru)

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