†Ziphius compressus Owen 1870 (beaked whale)
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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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