†Archaeoziphius Lambert and Louwye 2006 (beaked whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: O. Lambert and S. Louwye. 2006. Archaeoziphius microglenoideus, a new primitive beaked whale (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the middle Miocene of Belgium. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):182-191
Parent taxon: Berardiinae according to G. Bianucci et al. 2024
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert and Louwye 2006, Lambert et al. 2013, Marx et al. 2016 and Ramassamy 2016
Sister taxa: Berardius, Microberardius
Subtaxa: Archaeoziphius microglenoideus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kessel (Miocene to Miocene of Belgium)
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