Family Physalidae Gray 1864 (whale)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physalidae
Alternative spelling: Physalinidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1864. On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:195-248
Parent taxon: Balaenopteroidea according to J. E. Gray 1871
Sister taxa: Aglaocetus, Amphicetus, Diorocetus, Eschrichtiidae, Mauicetus, Panbalaenopteroidea, Tiphyocetus, Uranocetus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Physalidae in the database