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 J. F. Brandt 1873

See also Owen 1870

Sister taxa: Ziphius (Mesodon), 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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