Caviziphius is a fossil genus of ziphiid or beaked whale[1] from the Miocene of Belgium, Spain and Portugal.[2] The type species is Caviziphius altirostris.
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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: | †Caviziphius Bianucci & Post, 2005 |
| Species: | †C. altirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| †Caviziphius altirostris Bianucci & Post, 2005
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References
edit- ^ Lambert, Olivier; Bianucci, Giovanni; Post, Klaas (2009-09-12). "A new beaked whale (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from the middle Miocene of Peru". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 910–922. doi:10.1671/039.029.0304. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 83653796.
- ^ Bianucci, Giovanni; Miján, Ismael; Lambert, Olivier; Post, Klaas; Mateus, Octávio (March 2013). "Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula". Geodiversitas. 35 (1): 105–153. doi:10.5252/g2013n1a6. ISSN 1280-9659. S2CID 129787505.