Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci. 1997. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. The Ziphiidae. Palaeontographica Italica 84:163-192
Parent taxon: Messapicetiformes according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci 1997, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Bianucci et al. 2013, Cioppi 2014, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Lambert 2005, Lambert et al. 2013, Marx et al. 2016, Post et al. 2008 and Ramassamy 2016
Sister taxa: Aporotus, Beneziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphius, Dagonodum, Globicetus, Imocetus, Messapicetus, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Ziphirostrum
Subtaxa: Tusciziphius atlanticus Tusciziphius crispus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Portugal (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Spain (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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