Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1850. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea 1-153
Parent taxon: Ziphiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Bianucci et al. 2013, Brandt 1874, Flores 1895, Foekens 2008, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert et al. 2018, Lambert and Louwye 2016, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Weber 1928 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Hyperoodontinae, Messapicetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum, Tasmacetina, Indopacetina
Subtaxa: Berardini Cetorhynchus Choneziphius Izikoziphius Nazcacetus Ziphius
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (1), France (1), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), France (1), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene to Holocene of French Southern Territories (1)
• Miocene of Belgium (4), France (1), the Netherlands (1), North Atlantic (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), South Africa (2), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 43 collections including 50 occurrences