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Taxonomy
Hyperoodontinae was named by Muizon (1990). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Lambert et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Muizon (1990), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Bianucci et al. (2007), Lambert et al. (2009), Lambert et al. (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Lambert and Louwye (2016), Ichishima et al. (2017), Lambert et al. (2018) and Bianucci et al. (2023); and to Vomeroziphii by Bianucci et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Muizon (1990), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Bianucci et al. (2007), Lambert et al. (2009), Lambert et al. (2013), Marx et al. (2016), Lambert and Louwye (2016), Ichishima et al. (2017), Lambert et al. (2018) and Bianucci et al. (2023); and to Vomeroziphii by Bianucci et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Africanacetus, Hyperoodon (syn. Uranodon, Anodon, Cetodiodon, Lagenocetus, Chaenodelphinus, Heterodon), Ihlengesi, Indopacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Mesoplodon (syn. Aodon, Paikea, Dolichodon, Mesodiodon, Neoziphius, Callidon, Mesiodon, Nodus, Diplodon, Oulodon, Micropteron, Micropterus, Dioplodon), Pterocetus, Xhosacetus
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1990 | Hyperoodontinae Muizon p. 294 figs. Fig. 5 |
1994 | Hyperoodontinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1 |
1995 | Hyperoodontinae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
1998 | Hyperoodontinae Rice p. 87 |
2001 | Hyperoodontinae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
2007 | Hyperoodontinae Bianucci et al. p. 578 |
2007 | Hyperoodontinae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
2009 | Hyperoodontinae Lambert et al. p. 919 figs. Fig. 10 |
2013 | Hyperoodontinae Lambert et al. p. 588 figs. FIgure 14 |
2016 | Hyperoodontinae Lambert and Louwye figs. Figure 3 |
2016 | Hyperoodontinae Marx et al. p. 130 |
2017 | Hyperoodontinae Ichishima et al. |
2018 | Hyperoodontinae Lambert et al. p. 138 |
2023 | Hyperoodontinae Bianucci et al. |
2024 | Hyperoodontinae Bianucci et al. p. 32 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Hyperoodontinae Muizon 1990
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G. †Africanacetus Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Africanacetus ceratopsis Bianucci et al. 2007
†Africanacetus gracilis Ichishima et al. 2017
G. Hyperoodon Lacépède 1804
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Subg. Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) Moore 1968
Hyperoodon ampullatus Forster 1770 [northern bottlenose whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus diodon Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinus hunteri Gray 1846 [synonym], Hyperoodon borealis Nilsson 1820 [synonym], Hyperoodon butskopf Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Hyperoodon latifrons Gray 1846 [synonym], Hyperoodon rostratum Wesamel 1840 [synonym]
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882 [southern bottlenose whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus hyperoodon Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Hyperoodon burmeisteri Moreno 1888 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anodon Wagler 1830 [synonym], Cetodiodon Jacob 1825 [synonym], Chaenodelphinus Eschricht 1843 [synonym], Heterodon Blainville 1817 [synonym], Lagenocetus Gray 1863 [synonym], Uranodon Illiger 1811 [synonym]
G. †Ihlengesi Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Ihlengesi changoensis Bianucci et al. 2023
†Ihlengesi saldanhae Bianucci et al. 2007
G. Indopacetus Moore 1968 [tropical bottlenose whale]
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Indopacetus pacificus Longman 1926 [tropical bottlenose whale]
G. †Khoikhoicetus Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Khoikhoicetus agulhasis Bianucci et al. 2007
†Khoikhoicetus kergueleni Lambert et al. 2018
G. Mesoplodon Gervais 1850
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Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby 1804
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Invalid names: Aodon dalei Lesson 1828 [synonym], Delphinus micropterus Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville 1817 [synonym], Heterodon dalei Lesson 1827 [synonym], Mesoplodon sowerbiensis Blainville 1817 [synonym], Mesoplodon sowerbyi Desmarest 1822 [synonym]
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963
Mesoplodon eueu Carroll et al. 2021
Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1852
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Invalid names: Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym], Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym]
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa 1938 [synonym]
Mesoplodon grayi Haast 1876
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Invalid names: Berardius hectori Hector 1874 [synonym], Mesoplodon australis Flower 1878 [synonym], Mesoplodon haasti Flower 1878 [synonym]
Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963
Mesoplodon layardii Gray 1865 [strap-toothed whale]
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon floweri Lydekker 1887 [synonym], Mesoplodon guntheri Krefft 1871 [synonym], Mesoplodon longirostris Gray 1873 [synonym], Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby 1896 [synonym]
†Mesoplodon longirostris Cuvier 1824
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Invalid names: Dioplodon becanii Gervais 1859 [synonym], Dioplodon farnesinae Capellini 1891 [synonym], Dioplodon taramelli Pelizzola 1916 [synonym], Mesoplodon scaphoides Newton 1890 [synonym], Rhinostodes antwerpiensis Du Bus 1868 [synonym], Ziphius angulatus Owen 1870 [synonym], Ziphius angustus Owen 1870 [synonym]
Mesoplodon mirus True 1913 [True's beaked whale]
Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al. 2002
Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes et al. 1991
†Mesoplodon posti Lambert and Louwye 2016
†Mesoplodon slangkopi Bianucci et al. 2007
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885
†Mesoplodon tumidirostris Miyazaki and Hasegawa 1992
Invalid names: Aodon Lesson 1828 [synonym], Callidon Gray 1871 [synonym], Dioplodon Gervais 1850 [synonym], Diplodon Gray 1866 [synonym], Dolichodon Gray 1866 [synonym], Mesiodon Gray 1866 [synonym], Mesodiodon Duvernoy 1851 [synonym], Mesoplodon bononiensis Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon danconae Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon lawleyi Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon medilineatus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon meneghinii Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Micropteron Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Micropterus Wagner 1846 [synonym], Neoziphius Gray 1871 [synonym], Nodus Wagler 1830 [synonym], Oulodon van Haast 1876 [synonym], Paikea Oliver 1922 [synonym], Ziphius gibbus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Ziphius tenuirostris Owen 1870 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (128 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Dolichodon geelongensis (46166) | |
Miocene | Spain (Glacia) | Hyperoodon sp. (80694) | |
Neogene | South Pacific | Mesoplodon sp. (77519 99582 99584 99586 99587) | |
Neogene | USA (Virginia) | Mesoplodon longirostris (81599) | |
Neogene | Indian Ocean | Africanacetus sp. (149814) | |
Neogene | Australia (South Australia) | Mesoplodon sp. (99623) | |
Neogene | Madagascar | Mesoplodon sp. (55451) | |
Neogene | Japan | Mesoplodon tumidirostris (175464) | |
Langhian | Netherlands (Gelderland) | Mesoplodon longirostris (32040) | |
Middle Miocene | USA (Florida) | Mesoplodon longirostris (57136) | |
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | Khoikhoicetus agulhasis (77212) | |
Middle Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Ihlengesi saldanhae, Pterocetus benguelae (77211) Mesoplodon slangkopi, Pterocetus benguelae (77213) Mesoplodon sp. (77226) Mesoplodon sp., Africanacetus ceratopsis, Xhosacetus hendeysi (77208) | |
Tortonian | Italy (Sardinia) | Rhinostodes lovisatoi (49399) | |
Tortonian | Italy (Sicily) | Mesoplodon sp. (49400) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | New Zealand | Hyperoodon sp. (87865) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Mesoplodon sp. (51419) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Rhinostodes antwerpiensis, Dioplodon becanii (47465) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Holocene | French Southern Territories | Africanacetus ceratopsis (192395) Khoikhoicetus kergueleni (192393) Mesoplodon layardii (192396 192397 192398) Xhosacetus hendeysi (192400) | |
Messinian | Japan (Chiba) | Mesoplodon sp. (76015) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Portugal (Azores) | Mesoplodon sp. (107485) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Mesoplodon longirostris (52582) | |
Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Mesoplodon compressus (51335) Mesoplodon longirostris (46068) | |
Zanclean | Italy (Siena) | Dioplodon tenuirostris (45497) | |
Zanclean | Brazil | Africanacetus gracilis (183433) | |
Zanclean | Japan | Mesoplodon tumidirostris (48094) | |
Zanclean | Belgium (Turnhout) | Mesoplodon sp. (77492) | |
Zanclean | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Mesoplodon posti (57701) | |
Zanclean | USA (Florida) | Mesoplodon sp. (154720) | |
Ruscinian | Italy (Tuscany) | Mesoplodon longirostris (49335) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Mesoplodon sp. (51414) | |
Pliocene | Italy | Dioplodon farnesinae (45593) Dioplodon gibbus (115131) Dioplodon tenuirostris (76977) Mesoplodon bononiensis (46087) Mesoplodon sp. (96776) | |
Pliocene | Italy (Piacenza) | Dioplodon lawleyi (76974) | |
Pliocene | Italy (Asti) | Mesoplodon longirostris (76971) | |
Pliocene | Italy (Alessandria) | Dioplodon taramellii (76969) | |
Pliocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Dioplodon meneghinii (76975) Dioplodon senensis (76976) Mesoplodon medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii (48645) | |
Pliocene | Italy (Catanzaro) | Dioplodon gibbus (76973) | |
Pliocene | Belgium (Oost-Vlaanderen) | Dioplodon becanii (57138) | |
Pliocene | Italy (Emilia Romagna) | Dioplodon bononiensis (76972) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Chile | Ihlengesi changoensis (231756) | |
Waipipian | New Zealand (Hawera) | Mesoplodon sp. (28039) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Mesoplodon scaphoides (77753) | |
Piacenzian | Italy (Siena) | Mesoplodon sp. (178267) | |
Piacenzian | Italy | Mesoplodon sp., Dioplodon meneghini, Dioplodon medilineatus (47428) | |
Piacenzian | Italy (Tuscany) | Dioplodon lawley, Dioplodon danconae, Dioplodon longirostris (48652) | |
Piacenzian - Gelasian | Italy (Marche) | Dioplodon tenuirostris (48646) | |
Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Hyperoodon sp., Ziphius medilineatus, Mesoplodon longirostris, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris, Mesoplodon angulatus, Mesoplodon angustus, Mesoplodon floweri (48093) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Niigata) | Mesoplodon sp. (76035) | |
Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | Mesoplodon sp. (76047) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | USA Minor Outlying Islands | Mesoplodon sp. (70551) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | Mesoplodon carlhubbsi (86920) Mesoplodon ginkgodens (86918) Mesoplodon perrini (77006) Mesoplodon sp. (168578) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Mesoplodon sp. (168584) | |
Holocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Physeter bidens (86911) | |
Holocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Hyperoodon sp. (201786) | |
Holocene | Antarctica | Hyperoodon planifrons (168570) Mesoplodon sp. (168583) | |
Holocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mesoplodon mirum (86912) | |
Holocene | Spain | Hyperoodon ampullatus (168571) | |
Holocene | New Caledonia | Mesoplodon densirostris (83482) | |
Holocene | Peru | Indopacetus pacificus (168376) Mesoplodon sp. (168579) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (North Island) | Berardius hectori (86914) | |
Holocene | Maldives | Indopacetus pacificus (80608) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | Hyperoodon planifrons (168569) Mesoplodon densirostris (68035 68036) Mesoplodon ginkgodens (68034) Mesoplodon peruvianus (68033) Mesoplodon sp. (168580) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation | Mesoplodon stejnegeri (86906) | |
Holocene | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Hyperoodon ampullatus (168573) Mesoplodon sp. (168582) | |
Holocene | Malaysia | Indopacetus pacificus (168380) | |
Holocene | Angola | Mesoplodon sp. (168575) | |
Holocene | Mozambique | Indopacetus pacificus (168381) | |
Holocene | Denmark | Hyperoodon ampullatus (159710) | |
Holocene | Japan | Indopacetus pacificus (168378) Mesoplodon sp. (168581) Mesoplodon stejnegeri (82088) | |
Holocene | Spain (Canary Islands) | Mesoplodon europaeus (230214) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (Chatham Islands) | Berardius hectori (86913) Mesoplodon traversii (230218) | |
Holocene | USA (Florida) | Mesoplodon sp. (168577) | |
Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Hyperoodon planifrons (86922 168568) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Hyperoodon planifrons (168566 168567) Indopacetus pacificus (80606 80607) Mesoplodon sp. (79916) Ziphius layardii (86897) | |
Holocene | Somalia | Indopacetus pacificus (80605) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Hyperoodon ampullatus (168572) | |
Holocene | Japan (Honshu) | Mesoplodon densirostris (86916) | |
Holocene | India | Mesoplodon sp. (168585) | |
Holocene | Chile | Hyperoodon planifrons (168564) | |
Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Indopacetus pacificus (80604 168379) | |
Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Mesoplodon bowdoini (86919) Mesoplodon eueu (223352) Mesoplodon grayi (86915) | |
Holocene | Portugal | Mesoplodon sp. (168574) | |
Holocene | Mexico | Indopacetus pacificus (168377) | |
Holocene | United Kingdom (England) | Balaena ampullata (86923) | |
Holocene | Brazil | Mesoplodon sp. (168576) | |
Holocene | Argentina | Hyperoodon planifrons (168565) | |
Holocene | Sri Lanka (Colombo District) | Mesoplodon hotaula (230217) |