Hyperoodon Lacépède 1804 (beaked whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Alternative spellings: Hyperaodon, Hyperodon

Synonyms: Anodon Wagler 1830, Cetodiodon Jacob 1825, Chaenodelphinus Eschricht 1843, Heterodon Blainville 1817, Lagenocetus Gray 1863, Uranodon Illiger 1811

Full reference: B. Lacépède. 1804. Histoire Naturelle des Cetacees

Parent taxon: Hyperoodontinae according to B. Ramassamy 2016

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Bianucci et al. 2007, Bianucci et al. 2010, Cope 1890, Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Fraser and Purves 1960, Gray 1825, Gray 1846, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1863, Gray 1864, Gray 1865, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hay 1930, Hershkovitz 1966, Huxley 1864, Illiger 1811, Kasuya 1973, Lambert 2005, Lambert et al. 2009, Lambert and Louwye 2016, Lambert et al. 2013, Loughlin and Perez 1985, Lydekker 1887, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead and Brownell 2005, Meester et al. 1986, Moore 1968, Muizon 1990, Newton 1891, Owen 1870, Palmer 1904, Pilleri 1987, Rice 1998, Scammon and Cope 1869, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912, Weber 1928, Winge 1921 and Zittel 1925

Sister taxa: Africanacetus, Globicetus, Ihlengesi, Imocetus, Indopacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Mesoplodon, Tusciziphius

Subtaxa: Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) Hyperoodon ampullatus Hyperoodon planifrons

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (2), Canada (1: Quebec), Chile (1), Denmark (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Miocene of New Zealand (1), Spain (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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