Beneziphius
Name:
Beneziphius
(Benedens’ ziphius).
Phonetic: Ben-e-ze-fye-e-us.
Named By: O. Lambert - 2005.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Ziphiidae.
Species: B. brevirostris
(type), B. cetariensis.
Diet: Carnivore/piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Belgium. Spain.
Time period: Miocene/Pliocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of two
species.
Beneziphius
is a genus of beaked whale
that lived in waters around Europe during
the Miocene/Pliocene periods.
Further reading
- Systematics and phylogeny
of the fossil beaked whales Ziphirostrum du Bus,
1868 and
Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 (Mammalia,
Cetacea, Odontoceti),
from the Neogene of Antwerp (North of Belgium). -
Geodiversitas 27(3):443-497. - O. Lambert - 2005.
-
A new Beneziphius beaked whale from the ocean
floor off Galicia,
Spain and biostratigraphic reassessment of the type species. -
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(1):2111-220. - I. Miján,
S. Louwye & O. Lambert - 2017.
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