Choneziphius

Choneziphius
	Choneziphius planirostris fossils
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Odontoceti
Family:	Ziphiidae
Genus:	Choneziphius; Duvernoy, 1851
Species
	†C. planirostris (Cuvier, 1824) [originally Ziphius] (type); †C. leidyi Bianucci, Lambert, Post, and Mateus, 2013;
Synonyms
	Proroziphius Leidy, 1876

Choneziphius is an extinct genus of ziphiidae cetacean, with two species known from the Miocene: C. planirostris and C. leidyi.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Lambert, O. (2005). 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
^ Bianucci G., Miján I, Lambert O., Post K. & Mateus O. 2013. — Bizarre fossil beaked whales(Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35 (1): 105-153.

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