Ziphius (Mesodon) Brandt 1873 (beaked whale)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372
Parent taxon: Ziphius according to J. F. Brandt 1873
Sister taxa: Ziphius cavirostris, Ziphius compressus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ziphius (Mesodon) in the database