Hyperoodon ampullatus Forster 1770 (northern bottlenose whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Alternative combinations: Balaena ampullata, Lagenocetus latifrons

Synonyms: Delphinus diodon Lacépède 1804, Delphinus hunteri Gray 1846, Hyperodon butskopf Lacépède 1804, Hyperoodon borealis Nilsson 1820, Hyperoodon butskopf Lacépède 1804, Hyperoodon butzkopf Lacépède 1804, Hyperoodon hunteri Gray 1846, Hyperoodon latifrons Gray 1846, Hyperoodon rostratum Wesamel 1840, Hyperoodon rostratus Wesamel 1840

Belongs to Hyperoodon according to B. Ramassamy 2016

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Duvernoy 1851, Gervais 1852, Gervais 1859, Gray 1846, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1863, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Huxley 1864, Lacépède 1804, Lydekker 1887, Mead and Brownell 2005, Moore 1968, Nilsson 1847, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912

Sister taxa: Hyperoodon (Frasercetus), Hyperoodon planifrons

Type specimens:

  • Hyperoodon ampullatus: Its type locality is Maldon, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the United Kingdom
  • Delphinus diodon:
  • Delphinus hunteri:
  • Hyperoodon borealis:
  • Hyperoodon butskopf:
  • Hyperoodon latifrons:
  • Hyperoodon rostratum:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Denmark (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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