Chavinziphius

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Chavinziphius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: Chavinziphius
Bianucci, 2016
Species:
C. maxillocristatus
Binomial name
Chavinziphius maxillocristatus
Bianucci, 2016

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.[1]

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