†Nazcacetus Lambert et al. 2009 (beaked whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci and K. Post. 2009. A new beaked whale (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from the middle Miocene of Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):910-922
Parent taxon: Ziphiinae according to B. Ramassamy 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2010, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert et al. 2013 and Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Berardini, Cetorhynchus, Choneziphius, Izikoziphius, Ziphius
Subtaxa: Nazcacetus urbinai
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro Los Quesos (Miocene of Peru)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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