Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci and K. Post. 2005. Caviziphius altirostris, a new beaked whale from the Miocene southern North Sea basin. Deinsea 11:1-6
Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2013, Bianucci and Post 2005 and Lambert et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Berardiinae, Chavinziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Mamaziphius, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Messapicetiformes, Nazcacetus, Nenga, Pelycorhamphus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Vomeroziphii, Ziphiina, Ziphiopsis, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina
Subtaxa: Caviziphius altirostris
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (3 collections), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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