''Caviziphius'' is a fossil genus of ziphiid or beaked whale from the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...

of Belgium, Spain and Portugal. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

is ''Caviziphius altirostris''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21352984 Ziphiids Prehistoric cetacean genera Fossil taxa described in 1997 Miocene cetaceans Fossils of Spain Pliocene cetaceans