Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Alternative spelling: Berardiina
Full reference: J. C. Moore. 1968. Relationships among the living genera of beaked whales with classifications, diagnoses and keys. Fieldiana: Zoology 53(4):209-298
Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Bianucci et al. 2024, Bianucci et al. 2007, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert and Louwye 2016, Lambert et al. 2013 and Moore 1968
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Caviziphius, 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: Archaeoziphius Berardius Microberardius
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (2), Chile (1), Japan (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2), United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Japan (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences