Ziphius compressus Owen 1870 (beaked whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1870. Monograph of the British fossil Cetacea from the Red Crag. Memoirs of the Palaeontological Society 23

Belongs to Ziphius according to R. Owen 1870

Sister taxon: Ziphius cavirostris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Felixstow, which is in a Gelasian foreshore horizon in the Red Crag Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Felixstow

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