†family Squaloziphiidae Muizon 1990 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squaloziphiidae

Alternative spelling: Squaloziphiinae

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: Stegoceti according to R. W. Boessenecker and J. H. Geisler 2023

See also Bianucci and Landini 2007, Foekens 2008, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gaetán et al. 2023, Lambert et al. 2019 and Muizon 1990

Sister taxa: Agorophiidae, Platanistidae, Squalodontidae, Ziphiidae

Subtaxa: Crisocetus Squaloziphius Yaquinacetus

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Type: Squaloziphius

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), United States (1: Washington)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Oregon)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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