Tusciziphius | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Ziphiidae |
Genus: | †Tusciziphius Bianucci 1997 |
Tusciziphius is an extinct genus ofziphiid cetaceans. The distribution includes theMiocene of Portugal and Spain,[1] and the Pliocene of Italy and the United States. Two species are known:T. atlanticus andT. crispus.The type specimen ofT. crispus is IGF 1534, 1536, 1537, 1569, 1570, 1572, 1594 V, a partial skeleton (cerebral portion of a skull associated with the left tympanic and fragment of posterior portion of left mandibular ramus, fragment of hyoid, vertebrae, and ribs). Its type locality is Case il Poggio, which is in a Zanclean coastal sandstone/claystone in Italy.[2]