†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 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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