†unranked clade Hoploceti Winge 1921 (sperm whale)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Full reference: H. Winge. 1921. A review of the interrelationships of the Cetacea. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 72(8):1-97
Parent taxon: Physeterini according to H. Winge 1921
Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Aulophyseterinae, Diaphorocetus, Eophyseter, Hoplocetinae, Idiophyseter, Idiorophus, Kogiopsis, Orca semseyi, Orcopsis, Orycterocetus, Paleophoca, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Physodontidae, Physotherium, Placoziphius, Scaldicetus lodgei, Thalassocetus, Ziphioides, Ziphiola, Physeteres
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hoploceti in the database