Chimuziphius

Chimuziphius; Temporal range: Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Ziphiidae
Genus:	† Chimuziphius
Species:	†C. coloradensis
Binomial name
	†Chimuziphius coloradensis; Bianucci et. al., 2016

Last updated April 23, 2025

Chimuziphius is an extinct genus of ziphiid that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Chimuziphius coloradensis is known from the Pisco Formation of Peru.^[1]

References

↑ Bianucci, Giovanni; Celma, Claudio Di; Urbina, Mario; Lambert, Olivier (20 September 2016). "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 (20 September 2016). "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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