Chavinziphius

Chavinziphius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Ziphiidae
Genus:	† Chavinziphius ; Bianucci, 2016
Species:	†C. maxillocristatus
Binomial name
	†Chavinziphius maxillocristatus; Bianucci, 2016

Last updated October 02, 2025

Chavinziphius is an extinct genus of ziphiid cetacean known from Messinian age marine deposits in the Pisco Formation in Peru. There is only one known species, Chavinziphius maxillocristatus.^[1]

References

↑ Bianucci, Giovanni; Celma, Claudio Di; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (2016-09-20). "New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)". PeerJ. 4 e2479. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2479 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5036081 . PMID 27688973.

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[1] Bianucci, Giovanni; Celma, Claudio Di; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (2016-09-20). "New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)". PeerJ. 4 e2479. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2479 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5036081 . PMID 27688973.

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