Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Alternative combination: Proroziphius macrops
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1876. Remarks on fossils of the Ashley Phosphate Beds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:86-87
Belongs to Choneziphius according to O. Lambert 2005
See also Abel 1905, Bianucci et al. 2013, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1876, Leidy 1877, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Choneziphius chonops, Choneziphius leidyi, Choneziphius liops, Choneziphius planirostris, Choneziphius trachops
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ashley River (Miocene Marl), which is in a Miocene marine marl in South Carolina
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ashley River (Miocene Marl)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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