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Microberardius

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

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.

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