Nazcacetus Lambert et al. 2009 (beaked whale)

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

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Los Quesos (Miocene of Peru)

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