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