Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Alternative combination: Proroziphius chonops
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1876. Remarks on fossils of the Ashley Phosphate Beds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1876:114-115
Belongs to Choneziphius according to O. Lambert 2005
See also Abel 1905, Bianucci et al. 2013, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1876, Leidy 1877, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Choneziphius leidyi, Choneziphius liops, Choneziphius macrops, Choneziphius planirostris, Choneziphius trachops
Type specimen: USNM 16689, a partial skull. Its type locality is Wando Mining Company, which is in a Zanclean marine marl in the Goose Creek Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wando Mining Company
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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