Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: O. Lambert. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of the fossil beaked whales Ziphirostrum du Bus, 1868 and Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), from the Neogene of Antwerp (North of Belgium). Geodiversitas 27(3):443-497

Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to O. Lambert et al. 2013

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

Subtaxa: Beneziphius brevirostris

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Type: Beneziphius brevirostris

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore