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Taxonomy
Epiodontina was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Epiodontidae by Gray (1868) and Gray (1871).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Gray (1865); to Ziphioidea by Gray (1868); and to Ziphioidea by Gray (1871).
It was reranked as the tribe Epiodontidae by Gray (1868) and Gray (1871).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Gray (1865); to Ziphioidea by Gray (1868); and to Ziphioidea by Gray (1871).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Tr. Epiodontidae Gray 1865
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G. Epiodon Rafinesque 1814
G. Ziphius Cuvier 1824
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Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier 1824 [Cuvier's beaked whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinorhynchus australis Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Delphinus desmarestii Risso 1826 [synonym], Epiodon chathamensis Hector 1873 [synonym], Epiodon cryptodon Gray 1868 [synonym], Hyperoodon capensis Gray 1865 [synonym], Hyperoodon doumetii Gray 1846 [synonym], Hyperoodon gervaisii Duvernoy 1851 [synonym], Hyperoodon semijunctus Cope 1865 [synonym], Petrorhynchus mediterraneus Gray 1871 [synonym], Ziphiorrhynchus cryptodon Burmeister 1866 [synonym], Ziphius australis Trouessart 1904 [synonym], Ziphius grebnitzkii Stejneger 1883 [synonym], Ziphius indicus Van Beneden 1863 [synonym]
†Ziphius compressus Owen 1870
Invalid names: Aliama Gray 1864 [synonym], Diodon Lesson [synonym], Hypodon Haldemann 1841 [synonym], Petrorhynchus Gray 1865 [synonym], Ziphiorrhynchus Burmeister 1866 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available