Chimuziphius

Chimuziphius is an extinct genus of ziphiid that lived during the Tortonian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Chimuziphius Temporal range: Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Ziphiidae
Genus:	†Chimuziphius
Species:	†C. coloradensis
Binomial name
†Chimuziphius coloradensis Bianucci et. al., 2016

Distribution

Chimuziphius coloradensis is known from the Pisco Formation of Peru.^[1]