Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
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: Ziphiidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Bianucci et al. 2023, Fordyce and Barnes 1994, Fordyce et al. 1995, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Ichishima et al. 2017, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert et al. 2018, Lambert and Louwye 2016, Lambert et al. 2013, Muizon 1990 and Rice 1998
Sister taxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Argyrodelphini, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Messapicetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Rhinostodes lovisatoi, Synostodon, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiinae, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum, Indopacetina, Tasmacetina
Subtaxa: Africanacetus Globicetus Hyperoodon Ihlengesi Imocetus Indopacetus Khoikhoicetus Mesoplodon Tusciziphius
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (2), Argentina (1), Australia (4), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Chile (1), Denmark (1), India (1), Japan (6), Malaysia (1), Maldives (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), New Caledonia (1), New Zealand (12), Peru (2), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), South Africa (6), Spain (2), Sri Lanka (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: California, Florida, North Carolina), United States Minor Outlying Islands (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (3), Belgium (3), Brazil (1), Italy (19), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Portugal (2), South Africa (4), Spain (3)
• Miocene to Holocene of French Southern Territories (5)
• Miocene of Italy (2), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), South Africa (1), Spain (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Neogene of Australia (1), Indian Ocean (1), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), South Pacific (5), United States (1: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 134 collections including 152 occurrences