Caviziphius
| Caviziphius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 beaked whale (Ziphiidae) probably from the Miocene around Belgium, Spain and Portugal. The type species is Caviziphius altirostris.
References
- 1 2 Bianucci, Giovanni; Post, Klaas (2005). "Caviziphius altirostris, a new beaked whale from the Miocene southern North Sea basin" (PDF). Deinsea. 11.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. hdl:1854/LU-01HJNJ4Z1ZZYJQCGA24P9DGWTK.