†Microberardius Bianucci et al. 2007 (beaked whale)
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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: Berardiinae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert and Louwye 2016 and Lambert et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Archaeoziphius, Berardius
Subtaxa: Microberardius africanus
Type: Microberardius africanus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Africa, offshore (Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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