Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804 . Hist. Nat. Cetacees, xliv, 319.

TYPE SPECIES: Hyperoodon butskopf Lacépède, 1804 (= Balaena ampullata Forster, 1770).

SYNONYMS: Anodon, Chaenodelphinus, Frasercetus, Heterodon, Lagocetus, Uranodon .

COMMENTS: Includes Frasercetus Moore, 1968 as a subgenus.