Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci. 1997. The Odontoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from Italian Pliocene. The Ziphiidae. Palaeontographica Italica 84:163-192
Belongs to Tusciziphius according to E. Cioppi 2014
See also Bianucci 1997, Bianucci et al. 2013 and Post et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Tusciziphius atlanticus
Type specimen: IGF 1534, 1536, 1537, 1569, 1570, 1572, 1594 V, a partial skeleton (cerebral portion of a skull associated with the left tympanic and fratment of posterior potion of left mandibular ramus, fragment of hyoid, vertebrae & ribs). Its type locality is Case il Poggio, which is in a Zanclean coastal sandstone/claystone in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Case il Poggio
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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