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.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Ziphiidae |
| Genus: | †Ninoziphius Muizon, 1983 |
References
edit- ^ Lambert, Olivier; De Muizon, Christian; Bianucci, Giovanni (April 2013). "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". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (4): 569–598. doi:10.1111/zoj.12018. Retrieved 2024-08-30.569-598&rft.date=2013-04&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/zoj.12018&rft.aulast=Lambert&rft.aufirst=Olivier&rft.au=De Muizon, Christian&rft.au=Bianucci, Giovanni&rft_id=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/zoj.12018&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ninoziphius" class="Z3988">
- ^ "Ninoziphius Muizon 1983 (beaked whale)". PBDB Taxon. Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 August 2024.