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Kogiinae

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kogiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Kogiinae Gill
1872Kogiinae Gill p. 96
1908Kogiinae True p. 391
1945Kogiinae Simpson p. 102
1951Kogiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 720
1960Kogiinae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963Kogiinae Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1973Kogiinae Barnes
1973Kogiinae Kasuya p. 61
1990Kogiinae Muizon p. 297
1996Kogiinae Luo and Marsh p. 331
1997Kogiinae McKenna and Bell p. 380
2001Kogiinae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2007Kogiinae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008Kogiinae Bloodworth and Odell p. 1
2008Kogiinae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 230
2017Kogiinae Collareta et al. p. 261
2019Kogiinae Collareta et al. p. 611
2021Kogiinae Benites-Palomino et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
familyKogiidae
subfamilyKogiinae
subfamilyKogiinae

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. Kogiinae Gill 1871
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G. Kogia Gray 1846
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Kogia breviceps Blainville 1838 [pygmy sperm whale]
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Invalid names: Euphysetes grayii MacLeay 1851 [synonym], Euphysetes pottsii Haast 1873 [synonym], Kogia brevirostris Gray 1865 [invalid subgroup], Kogia floweri Gill 1871 [synonym], Kogia goodie True 1884 [synonym], Kogia macleayii Kreft 1865 [synonym]
Kogia danomurai Benites-Palomino et al. 2021
Kogia pusilla Pilleri 1987
Kogia sima Owen 1866 [dwarf sperm whale]
Invalid names: Callignathus Gill 1871 [synonym], Cogia Gray 1846 [synonym], Euphysetes Wall 1851 [synonym]
G. †Koristocetus Collareta et al. 2017
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Koristocetus pescei Collareta et al. 2017
G. †Nanokogia Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
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Nanokogia isthmia Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015
G. †Pliokogia Collareta et al. 2019
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Pliokogia apenninica Collareta et al. 2019
G. †Praekogia Barnes 1973
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Praekogia cedrosensis Barnes 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.588South Pacific Kogia sp. (99587)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Madagascar Kogia sp. (55451)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Italy Kogiinae indet. (48656)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru (Arequipa) Koristocetus pescei (45485)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Nanokogia isthmia (144795 168820)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333New Zealand Kogia sp. (87865)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Peru Kogia danomurai (46083)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Mexico (Baja California) Praekogia cedrosensis (13090 45460)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Ibaraki) Kogia prisca (76013)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Kogiinae indet., Kogia breviceps (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Pliokogia apenninica (206310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Kogia sp. (32052)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Kogia breviceps, Kogia simus, Dioplodon sp. (47428)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) Hyperoodon pusillus (48652)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Kogia breviceps (168341)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Kogia breviceps (168347)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Kogia breviceps (168344 168345) Physeter breviceps (86897)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Kogia breviceps (168342)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Kogia breviceps (168348)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Kogia sp. (201786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Physeter simus (86882)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Kogia breviceps (168350)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Kogia breviceps (83457 83460 83476 83478) Kogia breviceps, Kogia sima (83477) Kogia sima (83479 83480)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Kogia breviceps (168349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Kogia breviceps (168346)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Kogia breviceps (168343)