Chavinziphius Explained

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]

Notes and References

  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. en. 4. e2479. 10.7717/peerj.2479. 27688973. 5036081. 2167-8359. free.

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