Ninoziphius

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Miocene}}

| image = Ninoziphius platyrostris.png

| taxon = Ninoziphius

| authority = Muizon, 1983

| type_species = {{extinct}}Ninoziphius platyrostris

| type_species_authority = Muizon, 1983

}}

Ninoziphius is a genus of extinct of beaked whale. Fossils have been found in the Eastern United States as well as in South America with specimens being found in the Pisco Formation.{{Cite journal|last=Lambert|first=Olivier|last2=De Muizon|first2=Christian|last3=Bianucci|first3=Giovanni|date=April 2013|title=The most basal beaked whale Ninoziphius platyrostris Muizon, 1983: clues on the evolutionary history of the family Ziphiidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti): The Archaic Beaked Whale Ninoziphius|url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/zoj.12018|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|language=en|volume=167|issue=4|pages=569–598|doi=10.1111/zoj.12018|access-date=2024-08-30}}{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36781|title=Ninoziphius Muizon 1983 (beaked whale)|accessdate=31 August 2024|work=PBDB Taxon|publisher=Paleobiology Database}}