HYPEROODONTINAE Gray, 1866

Bianucci, Giovanni, Lambert, Olivier & Post, Klaas, 2007, A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa, Geodiversitas 29 (4), pp. 561-618 : 578

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4651080

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4650933

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/550B87C3-C16F-FFB4-FF52-72AFFE1A0663

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scientific name

HYPEROODONTINAE Gray, 1866
status

 

Subfamily HYPEROODONTINAE Gray, 1866

TYPE GENUS. — Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804 .

OTHER GENERA INCLUDED. — Indopacetus Moore, 1968 , Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 , Ihlengesi n. gen., Africanacetus n. gen., and Khoikhoicetus n. gen.

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. — Hyperoodontinae differ from all the other Ziphiidae in the deep anteromedian excavation of the nasals.

DISCUSSION

Hyperoodontinae as defined here follows the content of the subfamily suggested by Muizon (1991); they correspond neither to the tribe Hyperoodontini sensu Moore 1968 , including Hyperoodon View in CoL , Indopacetus View in CoL , Mesoplodon View in CoL , and Tasmacetus View in CoL nor to the subtribe Hyperoodontina sensu Moore 1968 , only including Hyperoodon View in CoL and Mesoplodon View in CoL .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Loc

HYPEROODONTINAE Gray, 1866

Bianucci, Giovanni, Lambert, Olivier & Post, Klaas 2007
2007
Loc

Hyperoodontini sensu

Moore 1968
1968
Loc

Indopacetus

Moore 1968
1968
Loc

Hyperoodontina sensu

Moore 1968
1968
Loc

Tasmacetus

Oliver 1937
1937
Loc

Hyperoodontinae

Gray 1866
1866
Loc

Mesoplodon

Gervais 1850
1850
Loc

Mesoplodon

Gervais 1850
1850
Loc

Hyperoodon

Lacepede 1804
1804
Loc

Hyperoodon

Lacepede 1804
1804
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