Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, and K. Post. 2007. A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa. Geodiversitas 29(4):561-618
Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to O. Lambert et al. 2009
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2024, Bianucci et al. 2007, Lambert et al. 2018 and Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Mamaziphius, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Messapicetiformes, Nazcacetus, Pelycorhamphus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Vomeroziphii, Ziphiina, Ziphiopsis, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina
Subtaxa: Nenga meganasalis
Type: Nenga meganasalis
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)
• Miocene to Holocene of French Southern Territories (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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