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, Tasmacetina, Indopacetina
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), Indian Ocean (1), Italy (1), Japan (7), Malaysia (1), Maldives (1), Mexico (3), Mozambique (2), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (13), North Pacific (1), Peru (3), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), South Africa (5), Spain (2), Sri Lanka (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tanzania (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (8: California, Florida, North Carolina), United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1), South Pacific (1), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Belgium (3), Italy (14), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1), South Atlantic (1), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Portugal (1), South Africa (4), South Pacific (1)
• Miocene to Holocene of Indian Ocean (8)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (3), South Pacific (5)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Indian Ocean (1), Italy (2), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), South Atlantic (1), Spain (1)
Total: 142 collections including 161 occurrences