Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Full reference: E. Kazár. 2002. Revised phylogeny of the Physeteridae (Mammalia: Cetacea) in light of Placoziphius Van Beneden, 1869 and Aulophyseter Kellogg, 1927. Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 72:151-170
Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to A. Toscano et al. 2013
See also Bianucci and Landini 2007 and Kazár 2002
Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Diaphorocetus, Hoplocetinae, Idiophyseter, Idiorophus, Kogiopsis, Orca semseyi, Orcopsis, Orycterocetus, Paleophoca, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Physodontidae, Physotherium, Placoziphius, Scaldicetus lodgei, Thalassocetus, Ziphioides, Ziphiola, Physeteres, Hoploceti
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aulophyseterinae in the database