Chavinziphius

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cetaceans}}

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| genus = Chavinziphius

| parent_authority = Bianucci, 2016

| species = maxillocristatus

| authority = Bianucci, 2016

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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.{{Cite journal|last1=Bianucci|first1=Giovanni|last2=Celma|first2=Claudio Di|last3=Urbina|first3=Mario|last4=Lambert|first4=Olivier|date=2016-09-20|title=New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)|journal=PeerJ|language=en|volume=4|pages=e2479|doi=10.7717/peerj.2479|pmid=27688973|pmc=5036081|issn=2167-8359|doi-access=free}}