Chavinziphius

{{Short description|Extinct genus of cetaceans}} {{speciesbox | fossil_range = | genus = Chavinziphius | parent_authority = Bianucci, 2016 | species = maxillocristatus | authority = Bianucci, 2016 }}

'''''Chavinziphius''''' is an extinct genus of [[Ziphiidae|ziphiid]] cetacean known from [[Messinian]] age marine deposits in the [[Pisco Formation]] in [[Peru]]. There is only one known species, '''''Chavinziphius maxillocristatus'''''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bianucci|first1=Giovanni|last2=Celma|first2=Claudio Di|last3=Urbina|first3=Mario|last4=Lambert|first4=Olivier|date=2016-09-20|title=New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)|journal=PeerJ|language=en|volume=4|article-number=e2479|doi=10.7717/peerj.2479|pmid=27688973|pmc=5036081|issn=2167-8359|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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{{Odontoceti|C.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q97704062}}

[[Category:Ziphiids]] [[Category:Monotypic prehistoric cetacean genera]] [[Category:Miocene cetaceans]] [[Category:Fossils of Peru]]

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