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, Mamaziphius, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Messapicetiformes, Nazcacetus, Nenga, Pelycorhamphus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiopsis, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina
Subtaxa: Hyperoodontinae Ziphiinae
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (2 collections), Antarctica (2), Argentina (1), Australia (4), Brazil (2), Canada (1: Quebec), Chile (1), Denmark (1), France (1), India (2), Italy (1), Japan (7), Malaysia (1), Maldives (1), Mexico (3), Mozambique (2), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (13), Peru (3), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), South Africa (6), Spain (2), Sri Lanka (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (8: California, Florida, North Carolina), United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1), Italy (1), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Belgium (3), Brazil (1), Italy (14), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (4)
• Miocene to Holocene of French Southern Territories (7)
• Neogene of Australia (1), Indian Ocean (1), Madagascar (1), South Pacific (5)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (3), Spain (1)
Total: 139 collections including 158 occurrences