†Archaeoziphius microglenoideus 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
Belongs to Archaeoziphius according to B. Ramassamy 2016
See also Lambert and Louwye 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IRSNB M.1854, a skull. Its type locality is Kessel, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kessel
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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