Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: W. R. B. Oliver. 1937. Tasmacetus shepherdi: A new genus and species of beaked whale from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Series B 107(3):371-382
Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Bianucci et al. 2010, Fordyce 1982, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Kasuya 1973, Lambert 2005, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert et al. 2013, Loughlin and Perez 1985, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead and Brownell 2005, Moore 1968, Muizon 1990, Oliver 1937, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963 and Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Hyperoodontinae, Messapicetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiinae, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina
Subtaxa: Tasmacetus shepherdi
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (1), Chile (1), New Zealand (1), Saint Helena (3), South Africa (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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