Microberardius

Microberardius is an extinct genus of giant beaked whales (subfamily Berardiinae) that lived during Miocene. The type species, M. africanus, is known from a partial skull which was found in South Africa in 2007.

Microberardius Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Ziphiidae
Genus:	†Microberardius Bianucci et al., 2007
Species:	†M. africanus
Binomial name
†Microberardius africanus Bianucci et al., 2007