Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: O. Lambert. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of the fossil beaked whales Ziphirostrum du Bus, 1868 and Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), from the Neogene of Antwerp (North of Belgium). Geodiversitas 27(3):443-497
Parent taxon: Messapicetiformes according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Lambert 2005, Lambert et al. 2013, Marx et al. 2016 and Miján et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aporotus, Chimuziphius, Choneziphius, Dagonodum, Globicetus, Imocetus, Messapicetus, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Tusciziphius, Ziphirostrum
Subtaxa: Beneziphius brevirostris Beneziphius cetariensis
Type: Beneziphius brevirostris
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Spain (1 collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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