Caviziphius

Caviziphius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: †Caviziphius
Bianucci & Post, 2005
Species:
†C. altirostris
Binomial name
†Caviziphius altirostris
Bianucci & Post, 2005

Caviziphius is a fossil genus of ziphiid or beaked whale[1][2] probably from the Miocene around Belgium, Spain and Portugal .[3][4] The type species is Caviziphius altirostris.[1].

References

  1. ^ a b Bianucci, Giovanni; Post, Klaas (2005). "Caviziphius altirostris, a new beaked whale from the Miocene southern North Sea basin" (PDF). Deinsea. 11.
  2. ^ Lambert, Olivier; Bianucci, Giovanni; Post, Klaas (2009-09-12). "A new beaked whale (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from the middle Miocene of Peru". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 910–922. doi:10.1671/039.029.0304. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 83653796.
  3. ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Miján, Ismael; Lambert, Olivier; Post, Klaas; Mateus, Octávio (March 2013). "Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula". Geodiversitas. 35 (1): 105–153. doi:10.5252/g2013n1a6. ISSN 1280-9659. S2CID 129787505.
  4. ^ Lambert, Olivier; Bosselaers, Mark; Louwye, Stephen (31 December 2023). "Past beaked whale diversity in the North Sea: reappraisal through a new Miocene record and biostratigraphic analyses". Geologica Belgica. 26 (3–4): 117–126. doi:10.20341/gb.2023.009.