Ihlengesi Bianucci et al. 2007 (beaked whale)

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: Hyperoodontinae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Bianucci et al. 2023, Lambert et al. 2009 and Lambert et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Africanacetus, Globicetus, Hyperoodon, Imocetus, Indopacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Mesoplodon, Tusciziphius

Subtaxa: Ihlengesi changoensis Ihlengesi saldanhae

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Type: Ihlengesi saldanhae

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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