Squaloziphius Muizon 1990 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squaloziphiidae

Full reference: C. Muizon. 1990. A new Ziphiidae (Cetacea) from the Early Miocene of Washington State (USA) and phylogenetic analysis of the major groups of odontocetes. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 4e Serie. Section C. Sciences de la Terre. Paleontologie, Geologie, Mineralogie 12(3-4):279-326

Parent taxon: Squaloziphiidae according to O. Lambert et al. 2019

See also Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Lambert 2005, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Crisocetus, Yaquinacetus

Subtaxa: Squaloziphius emlongi

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Slip Point Lighthouse (Miocene of Washington)

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