Ninoziphius

Ninoziphius Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Ziphiidae
Genus:	† Ninoziphius Muizon, 1983
Type species
†Ninoziphius platyrostris Muizon, 1983

Ninoziphius is a genus of extinct of beaked whale. Fossils have been found in the Eastern United States as well as in South America with specimens being found in the Pisco Formation. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Lambert, Olivier; De Muizon, Christian; Bianucci, Giovanni (April 2013). "The most basal beaked whale Ninoziphius platyrostris Muizon, 1983: clues on the evolutionary history of the family Ziphiidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti): The Archaic Beaked Whale Ninoziphius". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (4): 569–598. doi:10.1111/zoj.12018 . Retrieved 2024-08-30.
2. "Ninoziphius Muizon 1983 (beaked whale)". PBDB Taxon. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 August 2024.