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Globicephala (pilot whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Globicephala was named by Lesson (1828) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Globicephalinae.

It was corrected as Globicephalus by Gray (1871), Zittel (1925); it was misspelled as Globicephalus by Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Scott (1873), Lydekker (1887), Cope (1890), Newton (1891), Trouessart (1898), Ameghino (1901), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Kellogg (1928), Weber (1928), Hay (1930), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Sherman (1952), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Kasuya (1973), Leatherwood et al. (1976), Barnes (1977), Schmidly (1981), Watson (1981), Leatherwood and Reeves (1982), Pilleri (1987), Tinker (1988), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bianucci et al. (1998), Sylvestre (1998), Rice (1998), Bernard and Reilly (1999), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Reeves et al. (2002), Reeves et al. (2002), Sepkoski (2002), Nowak (2003), Sathasivam (2004), Buchholtz and Schur (2004), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bianucci (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Aguirre-Fernández et al. (2009), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Canto et al. (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Murakami et al. (2014), Cioppi (2014), Marx et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Delphinina by Gray (1846); to Orcini by Fraser and Purves (1960); to Delphininae by Flower (1867), Gill (1872), Weber (1928), Hay (1930), Scheffer and Rice (1963); to Globicephalidae by Gray (1870), Gray (1871), Scott (1873), Watson (1981); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Orcininae by Buchholtz and Schur (2004), Bianucci (2005); to Delphinidae by Lesson (1828), De Kay (1842), Gray (1846), Gray (1863), Scammon and Cope (1869), Lydekker (1887), Cope (1890), Newton (1891), Trouessart (1898), Ameghino (1901), Trouessart (1904), Turner (1912), Zittel (1925), Kellogg (1928), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Sherman (1952), Hershkovitz (1966), Leatherwood et al. (1976), Barnes (1977), Schmidly (1981), Leatherwood and Reeves (1982), Pilleri (1987), Tinker (1988), Carroll (1988), Bianucci et al. (1998), Sylvestre (1998), Rice (1998), Nowak (2003), Sathasivam (2004), Mead and Brownell (2005), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Canto et al. (2010), Murakami et al. (2014), Cioppi (2014); and to Globicephalinae by Gill (1871), Kasuya (1973), Vidal (1991), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bernard and Reilly (1999), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Reeves et al. (2002), Reeves et al. (2002), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Aguirre-Fernández et al. (2009), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Marx et al. (2016).

Species
G. etruriae, G. macrorhynchus (syn. G. scammonii, G. baereckeii, Globicephalus brachypterus, Globicephalus scammonii, Globiocephalus propinquus, Delphinus fuscus, G. sieboldii, Delphinus globiceps, Globicephalus sibo), G. melas (syn. Globiocephalus affinis, Delphinus globiceps, Globicephalus indicus, Globiocephalus incrassatus, Globicephalus intermedius, Phocaena globiceps, Globicephalus conductor, G. leucosagmaphora, Globicephalus edwardsii, Globicephalus chilensis, G. edwardii, Delphinus carbonarius, Delphinus intermedius, Globicephalus svineval, Sphaerocephalus incrassatus, Globiocephalus edwardsii, Grampus affinis, Delphinus grampus, Delphinus grinda, Delphinus deductor, G. indica), G. uncidens (syn. Globicephalus orcoides), Globicephalus chinensis, Globicephalus karsteni, Globiocephalus guadaloupensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Globicephala Lesson p. 441
1842Globicephalus De Kay
1846Globicephalus Gray
1846Globiocephalus Gray p. 32
1850Globiocephalus Gray p. 86
1863Globicephala Gray p. 201
1864Globiocephalus Gray
1864Sphaerocephalus Gray p. 244
1866Globiocephalus Gray
1866Globicephalus chinensis Gray p. 323
1866Sphaerocephalus Gray p. 323
1867Globicephalus Flower
1868Globiocephalus Gray
1868Sphaerocephalus Gray p. 9
1869Globicephalus Scammon and Cope p. 21
1870Globicephalus Gray
1870Sphaerocephalus Gray p. 773
1871Globicephalus Gill
1871Globiocephalus guadaloupensis Gray
1871Globicephalus Gray p. 83
1871Globiocephalus Gray p. 83
1871Sphaerocephalus Gray p. 85
1872Globicephalus Gill
1873Globicephalus Scott p. 99
1873Sphaerocephalus Scott p. 101
1883Globiceps Flower p. 508
1887Globicephalus Lydekker
1890Globicephala Cope p. 609
1891Globicephalus Newton p. 77
1898Globicephalus Trouessart
1901Globicephalus Ameghino p. 80
1904Globicephala Trouessart p. 770
1912Globicephalus Turner p. 113
1921Globiceps Winge p. 36
1925Globicephalus Zittel p. 87
1928Globicephala Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1928Globicephala Weber p. 389
1930Globicephala Hay p. 586
1945Globicephala Simpson p. 104
1951Globicephala Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 740
1952Globicephala Sherman p. 99
1960Globicephala Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963Globicephala Scheffer and Rice p. 7
1966Globicephala Hershkovitz p. 90
1973Globicephala Kasuya p. 61
1976Globicephala Leatherwood et al. p. 4
1977Globicephala Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1981Globicephala Schmidly p. 92
1981Globicephala Watson p. 206
1982Globicephala Leatherwood and Reeves p. 4
1987Globicephala Pilleri p. 53
1988Globicephala Carroll
1988Globicephala Tinker p. 182
1991Globicephala Vidal p. 5
1997Globicephala McKenna and Bell p. 385
1998Globicephala Bianucci et al. p. 126
1998Globicephala Rice p. 119
1998Globicephala Sylvestre p. 155
1999Globicephala Bernard and Reilly p. 246
1999Globicephala LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
2001Globicephala Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2002Globicephala Reeves et al. p. 440
2002Globicephala Sepkoski
2003Globicephala Nowak p. 172
2004Globicephala Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1
2004Globicephala Sathasivam p. 66
2005Globicephala Bianucci p. 340 fig. 7
2005Globicephala Mead and Brownell p. 728
2008Globicephala Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2008Globicephala Uhen et al. p. 592
2008Globicephala Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 226
2009Globicephala Aguirre-Fernández et al.
2009Globicephala Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2010Globicephala Canto et al. p. 20
2011Globicephala Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2013Globicephala Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2014Globicephala Cioppi p. 87
2014Globicephala Murakami et al. p. 507 figs. Figure 10
2016Globicephala Marx et al. p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyGlobicephalinae()
genusGlobicephala

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.

G. Globicephala Lesson 1828 [pilot whale]
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†Globicephala etruriae Pilleri 1987
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 [short-finned pilot whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus fuscus Reichenbach 1846 [synonym], Globicephala baereckeii Sellards 1916 [synonym], Globicephala scammonii Cope 1869 [synonym], Globicephala sieboldii Gray 1846 [synonym], Globicephalus brachypterus Cope 1876 [synonym], Globicephalus scammonii Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Globicephalus sibo Gray 1871 [synonym], Globiocephalus propinquus Malm 1871 [synonym]
Globicephala melas Traill 1809 [long-finned pilot whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus carbonarius Wagner 1846 [synonym], Delphinus deductor Scoresby 1820 [synonym], Delphinus globiceps Cuvier 1812 [synonym], Delphinus grampus Gray 1846 [synonym], Delphinus grinda Lyngbye 1825 [synonym], Delphinus intermedius Harlan 1872 [synonym], Globicephala edwardii Smith 1834 [synonym], Globicephala indica Blythe 1852 [synonym], Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner 1939 [synonym], Globicephalus chilensis Philippi 1896 [synonym], Globicephalus conductor Rapp 1837 [synonym], Globicephalus edwardsii Gray 1866 [synonym], Globicephalus indicus Blyth 1852 [synonym], Globicephalus intermedius Gray 1827 [synonym], Globicephalus svineval Gray 1846 [synonym], Globiocephalus affinis Gray 1846 [synonym], Globiocephalus edwardsii Smith 1834 [synonym], Globiocephalus incrassatus Gray 1861 [synonym], Grampus affinis Gray 1866 [synonym], Phocaena globiceps Lesson 1827 [synonym], Sphaerocephalus incrassatus Gray 1866 [synonym]
†Globicephala uncidens Lankester 1864
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Invalid names: Globicephalus orcoides Lankester 1864 [synonym]
†Globicephalus karsteni Olfers 1839
Invalid names: Globicephalus chinensis Gray 1866 [nomen dubium], Globiceps Flower 1883 [synonym], Globiocephalus Gray 1846 [synonym], Sphaerocephalus Gray 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available