Caviziphius

{{Short description|Fossil genus of mammals}}

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|genus= Caviziphius

|species = altirostris

|authority = Bianucci & Post, 2005

|parent_authority = Bianucci & Post, 2005

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Caviziphius is a fossil genus of beaked whale (Ziphiidae) probably from the Miocene around Belgium, Spain and Portugal.{{cite journal |last1=Bianucci |first1=Giovanni |last2=Post |first2=Klaas |title=Caviziphius altirostris, a new beaked whale from the Miocene southern North Sea basin |journal=Deinsea |date=2005 |volume=11 |url=https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/538739/DEIN2005011001001.pdf}}{{Cite journal|last1=Lambert|first1=Olivier|last2=Bianucci|first2=Giovanni|last3=Post|first3=Klaas|date=2009-09-12|title=A new beaked whale (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from the middle Miocene of Peru|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1671/039.029.0304|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=29|issue=3|pages=910–922|doi=10.1671/039.029.0304|s2cid=83653796 |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Bianucci|first1=Giovanni|last2=Miján|first2=Ismael|last3=Lambert|first3=Olivier|last4=Post|first4=Klaas|last5=Mateus|first5=Octávio|date=March 2013|title=Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula|url=https://bioone.org/journals/geodiversitas/volume-35/issue-1/g2013n1a6/Bizarre-fossil-beaked-whales-Odontoceti-Ziphiidae-fished-from-the-Atlantic/10.5252/g2013n1a6.full|journal=Geodiversitas|volume=35|issue=1|pages=105–153|doi=10.5252/g2013n1a6|s2cid=129787505 |issn=1280-9659}}{{cite journal |last1=Lambert |first1=Olivier |last2=Bosselaers |first2=Mark |last3=Louwye |first3=Stephen |title=Past beaked whale diversity in the North Sea: reappraisal through a new Miocene record and biostratigraphic analyses |journal=Geologica Belgica |date=31 December 2023 |volume=26 |issue=3-4 |pages=117–126 |doi=10.20341/gb.2023.009|hdl=1854/LU-01HJNJ4Z1ZZYJQCGA24P9DGWTK |hdl-access=free }} The type species is Caviziphius altirostris.