Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Alternative spelling: Ziphinae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1850. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea 1-153
Parent taxon: Vomeroziphii according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024
See also Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Bianucci et al. 2013, Brandt 1874, Brandt 1874, Flores 1895, Foekens 2008, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert et al. 2018, Lambert and Louwye 2016, Marx et al. 2016, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Weber 1928 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxon: Hyperoodontinae
Subtaxa: Berardini Cetorhynchus Izikoziphius Ziphius
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (1), France (1), India (1), Indian Ocean (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Holocene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Indian Ocean (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences