Choneziphius liops Leidy 1876 (beaked whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1876. Remarks on fossils from the Ashley Phosphate Beds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:80-81

Belongs to Choneziphius according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008

See also Abel 1905, Hay 1902, Lambert 2005, Leidy 1876, Leidy 1877, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Choneziphius chonops, Choneziphius leidyi, Choneziphius macrops, Choneziphius planirostris, Choneziphius trachops

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pacific Guano Company, which is in a Zanclean marine marl in the Goose Creek Formation of South Carolina

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pacific Guano Company

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