Archaeoziphius microglenoideus Lambert and Louwye 2006 (beaked whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: O. Lambert and S. Louwye. 2006. Archaeoziphius microglenoideus, a new primitive beaked whale (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the middle Miocene of Belgium. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):182-191

Belongs to Archaeoziphius according to B. Ramassamy 2016

See also Lambert and Louwye 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRSNB M.1854, a skull. Its type locality is Kessel, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kessel

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