Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1864. On the cetacean fossils termed Ziphius by Cuvier, with a notice of a new species (Belemnoziphius compressus) from the Red Crag. Proceedings of the Geological Society 20:388-396

Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Cetorhynchus, Hyperoodontinae, Messapicetus, Nazcacetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Pterocetus, Squaloziphiinae, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiinae, Ziphirostrum, Pelycorhamphus pertortus

Subtaxa: Belemnoziphius compressus, Belemnoziphius prorops

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Type: Belemnoziphius compressus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore