Chimuziphius

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| fossil_range = Tortonian

| genus = Chimuziphius

| species = coloradensis

| authority = Bianucci et. al., 2016

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Chimuziphius is an extinct genus of ziphiid that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Chimuziphius coloradensis is known from the Pisco Formation of Peru.{{Cite journal |last1=Bianucci |first1=Giovanni |last2=Celma |first2=Claudio Di |last3=Urbina |first3=Mario |last4=Lambert |first4=Olivier |date=20 September 2016 |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 |doi-access=free |pmid=27688973 |pmc=5036081 |issn=2167-8359 }}

References

Category:Miocene mammals of South America

Category:Monotypic prehistoric cetacean genera

Category:Prehistoric cetacean genera

Category:Fossils of Peru

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2016

Category:Ziphiids