Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

Alternative combination: Catodon macrocephalus

Synonyms: Balaena macrocephalus Desmoulins 1822, Catodon australis MacLeay 1851, Catodon colneti Gray 1850, Catodon polycyphus Quoy and Gaimard 1824, Catodon svineval Lacépède 1804, Catodon trumpo Lacépède 1804, Catodon vetus Leidy 1869, Meganeuron krefftii Gray 1866, Megistosaurus ensiformis Godman 1827, Physalus cylindricus Lacépède 1804, Physeter antiquus Leidy 1853, Physeter antiquus vetus Leidy 1869, Physeter australasianus Desmoulins 1822, Physeter australis Gray 1846, Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758, Physeter mular Lacépède 1804, Physeter orthodon Lacépède 1804, Physeter polycyphus Quoy and Gaimard 1824, Physeter tursio Linnaeus 1758, Physeter vetus Leidy 1869, Physiter antiquus Leidy 1853

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Physeter according to J. Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Ameghino 1889, Barnes 1977, Boitard 1844, Brandt 1873, Cope 1867, Cope 1868, Cope 1875, Cope 1890, Dal Piaz 1929, De Kay 1842, Desmoulins 1822, Fischer 1829, Fordyce 1982, Geisler et al. 2011, Gervais 1852, Gervais 1859, Godman 1827, Gray 1821, Gray 1846, Gray 1850, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Gray 1871, Gray 1846, Harlan 1828, Hay 1902, Hay 1923, Hay 1930, Hershkovitz 1966, Holmes 1860, Lacépède 1804, Lawley 1876, Leidy 1853, Leidy 1860, Leidy 1869, Linnaeus 1758, Lydekker 1887, Marx 2011, Mead and Brownell 2005, Newton 1891, Oliver 1922, Ormezzano and Lanzetti 2014, Paquier 1894, Pilleri 1987, Rhoads 1903, Rice 1998, Scammon and Cope 1869, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Scott 1873, Sherman 1952, Thomas 1911, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Turner 1912 and Vidal 1991

Sister taxon: Physeter antiquus

Type specimens:

• Physeter macrocephalus: Its type locality is Kariston, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the United Kingdom
• Balaena macrocephalus: Its type locality is Sos (Pliocene), which is in a Pliocene coastal sandstone in France.
• Catodon australis:
• Catodon colneti:
• Catodon polycyphus:
• Catodon svineval:
• Catodon trumpo:
• Meganeuron krefftii:
• Megistosaurus ensiformis:
• Physalus cylindricus:
• Physeter antiquus: ANSP 12076, a set of teeth (portions of three teeth and fragments of two tympanic bones). Its type locality is Ashley River, Pleistocene, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in South Carolina.
• Physeter australasianus:
• Physeter australis:
• Physeter catodon: Its type locality is Kariston, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the United Kingdom.
• Physeter mular:
• Physeter orthodon:
• Physeter tursio:
• Physeter vetus: ANSP 11258, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Ashley River, Pleistocene, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in South Carolina.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

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