Chimuziphius

Chimuziphius
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: †
Species:
†C. coloradensis
Binomial name
†Chimuziphius coloradensis
Bianucci et. al., 2016

Chimuziphius is an extinct genus of ziphiid that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Chimuziphius coloradensis is known from the Pisco Formation of Peru.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Celma, Claudio Di; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (20 September 2016). "New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)". PeerJ. 4: e2479. doi:10.7717/peerj.2479. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5036081. PMID 27688973.


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