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Taxonomy
Vomeroziphii was named by Bianucci et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Bianucci et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Bianucci et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Vomeroziphii Bianucci et al. p. 31 figs. Figure 7 |
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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.
Unr. †Vomeroziphii Bianucci et al. 2024
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Subfm. Hyperoodontinae Muizon 1990
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G. †Africanacetus Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Africanacetus ceratopsis Bianucci et al. 2007
†Africanacetus gracilis Ichishima et al. 2017
G. Hyperoodon Lacépède 1804
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Subg. Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) Moore 1968
Hyperoodon ampullatus Forster 1770 [northern bottlenose whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus diodon Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Delphinus hunteri Gray 1846 [synonym], Hyperoodon borealis Nilsson 1820 [synonym], Hyperoodon butskopf Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Hyperoodon latifrons Gray 1846 [synonym], Hyperoodon rostratum Wesamel 1840 [synonym]
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882 [southern bottlenose whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus hyperoodon Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Hyperoodon burmeisteri Moreno 1888 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anodon Wagler 1830 [synonym], Cetodiodon Jacob 1825 [synonym], Chaenodelphinus Eschricht 1843 [synonym], Heterodon Blainville 1817 [synonym], Lagenocetus Gray 1863 [synonym], Uranodon Illiger 1811 [synonym]
G. †Ihlengesi Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Ihlengesi changoensis Bianucci et al. 2023
†Ihlengesi saldanhae Bianucci et al. 2007
G. Indopacetus Moore 1968 [tropical bottlenose whale]
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Indopacetus pacificus Longman 1926 [tropical bottlenose whale]
G. †Khoikhoicetus Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Khoikhoicetus agulhasis Bianucci et al. 2007
†Khoikhoicetus kergueleni Lambert et al. 2018
G. Mesoplodon Gervais 1850
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Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby 1804
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Invalid names: Aodon dalei Lesson 1828 [synonym], Delphinus micropterus Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville 1817 [synonym], Heterodon dalei Lesson 1827 [synonym], Mesoplodon sowerbiensis Blainville 1817 [synonym], Mesoplodon sowerbyi Desmarest 1822 [synonym]
†Mesoplodon blasiusi Brandt 1873
Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963
Mesoplodon eueu Carroll et al. 2021
Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1852
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Invalid names: Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym], Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym]
Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya 1958
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon densirostris Ogawa 1938 [synonym]
Mesoplodon grayi Haast 1876
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Invalid names: Berardius hectori Hector 1874 [synonym], Mesoplodon australis Flower 1878 [synonym], Mesoplodon haasti Flower 1878 [synonym]
Mesoplodon hotaula Deraniyagala 1963
Mesoplodon layardii Gray 1865 [strap-toothed whale]
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon floweri Lydekker 1887 [synonym], Mesoplodon guntheri Krefft 1871 [synonym], Mesoplodon longirostris Gray 1873 [synonym], Mesoplodon thomsoni Ogilby 1896 [synonym]
Mesoplodon mirus True 1913 [True's beaked whale]
Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al. 2002
Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes et al. 1991
†Mesoplodon posti Lambert and Louwye 2016
†Mesoplodon slangkopi Bianucci et al. 2007
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885
Invalid names: Aodon Lesson 1828 [synonym], Callidon Gray 1871 [synonym], Dioplodon Gervais 1850 [synonym], Diplodon Gray 1866 [synonym], Dolichodon Gray 1866 [synonym], Mesiodon Gray 1866 [synonym], Mesodiodon Duvernoy 1851 [synonym], Mesoplodon bononiensis Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon danconae Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon lawleyi Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon medilineatus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon meneghinii Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Micropteron Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Micropterus Wagner 1846 [synonym], Neoziphius Gray 1871 [synonym], Nodus Wagler 1830 [synonym], Oulodon van Haast 1876 [synonym], Paikea Oliver 1922 [synonym], Ziphius gibbus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Ziphius tenuirostris Owen 1870 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. Ziphiinae Gray 1850 [beaked whale]
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G. †Izikoziphius Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Izikoziphius angustus Bianucci et al. 2007
†Izikoziphius rossi Bianucci et al. 2007
Invalid names: Berardini Muizon 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Bianucci et al. 2024 | The members of Vomeroziphii are crown Ziphiidae that share (with only a few exceptions) the following synapomorphy: mesorostral groove filled by a mesorostral ossification of the osteosclerotic vomer. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Collections (118 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | Spain (Glacia) | Hyperoodon sp. (80694) | |
| Miocene | France | Mesoplodon christolii (85152) | |
| Neogene | Australia (South Australia) | Mesoplodon sp. (99623) | |
| Neogene | Madagascar | Mesoplodon sp. (55451) | |
| Neogene | Indian Ocean | Africanacetus sp. (149814) | |
| Neogene | South Pacific | Mesoplodon sp. (77519 99582 99584 99586 99587) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | South Africa | Izikoziphius angustus (77209) Khoikhoicetus agulhasis (77212) | |
| Middle Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Ihlengesi saldanhae, Pterocetus benguelae (77211) Mesoplodon slangkopi, Pterocetus benguelae (77213) Mesoplodon sp. (77226) Mesoplodon sp., Izikoziphius rossi, Africanacetus ceratopsis, Xhosacetus hendeysi (77208) | |
| Serravallian | Russian Federation | Ziphius blasii (48070) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Sardinia) | Rhinostodes lovisatoi (49399) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Sicily) | Mesoplodon sp. (49400) | |
| Tortonian | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Cetorhynchus atavus (66960) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | New Zealand | Hyperoodon sp. (87865) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Mesoplodon sp. (51419) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Holocene | French Southern Territories | Africanacetus ceratopsis (192395) Izikoziphius rossi (192399) Khoikhoicetus kergueleni (192393) Mesoplodon layardii (192396 192397 192398) Xhosacetus hendeysi (192400) | |
| Messinian | Japan (Chiba) | Mesoplodon sp. (76015) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Portugal (Azores) | Mesoplodon sp. (107485) | |
| Zanclean | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Mesoplodon posti (57701) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Florida) | Mesoplodon sp. (154720) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Siena) | Dioplodon tenuirostris (45497) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Mesoplodon compressus (51335) | |
| Zanclean | Brazil | Africanacetus gracilis (183433) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Izikoziphius sp. (100313) | |
| Zanclean | Belgium (Turnhout) | Mesoplodon sp. (77492) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Mesoplodon sp. (51414) | |
| Pliocene | Italy (Tuscany) | Dioplodon meneghinii (76975) Dioplodon senensis (76976) Mesoplodon medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii (48645) | |
| Pliocene | Italy (Emilia Romagna) | Dioplodon bononiensis (76972) | |
| Pliocene | Italy (Catanzaro) | Dioplodon gibbus (76973) | |
| Pliocene | Italy (Piacenza) | Dioplodon lawleyi (76974) | |
| Pliocene | Italy | Dioplodon gibbus (115131) Dioplodon tenuirostris (76977) Mesoplodon sp. (96776) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Chile | Ihlengesi changoensis (231756) | |
| Waipipian | New Zealand (Hawera) | Mesoplodon sp. (28039) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | Mesoplodon sp., Dioplodon meneghini, Dioplodon medilineatus (47428) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Tuscany) | Dioplodon lawley, Dioplodon danconae, Dioplodon longirostris (48652) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Siena) | Mesoplodon sp. (178267) | |
| Piacenzian - Gelasian | Italy (Marche) | Dioplodon tenuirostris (48646) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Hyperoodon sp., Ziphius medilineatus, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris, Mesoplodon floweri (48093) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Niigata) | Mesoplodon sp. (76035) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | Mesoplodon sp. (76047) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA Minor Outlying Islands | Mesoplodon sp. (70551) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Hyperoodon sp. (201786) | |
| Holocene | Malaysia | Indopacetus pacificus (168380) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (Chatham Islands) | Berardius hectori (86913) Mesoplodon traversii (230218) | |
| Holocene | Spain (Canary Islands) | Mesoplodon europaeus (230214) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | Hyperoodon planifrons (168570) Mesoplodon sp. (168583) | |
| Holocene | Angola | Mesoplodon sp. (168575) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Indopacetus pacificus (80604 168379) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | Indopacetus pacificus (168377) | |
| Holocene | Maldives | Indopacetus pacificus (80608) | |
| Holocene | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Hyperoodon ampullatus (168573) Mesoplodon sp. (168582) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Mesoplodon carlhubbsi (86920) Mesoplodon ginkgodens (86918) Mesoplodon perrini (77006) Mesoplodon sp. (168578) | |
| Holocene | Spain | Hyperoodon ampullatus (168571) | |
| Holocene | New Caledonia | Mesoplodon densirostris (83482) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Mesoplodon stejnegeri (86906) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Hyperoodon planifrons (168565) | |
| Holocene | India | Mesoplodon sp. (168585) | |
| Holocene | Portugal | Mesoplodon sp. (168574) | |
| Holocene | Mozambique | Indopacetus pacificus (168381) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (North Island) | Berardius hectori (86914) | |
| Holocene | Denmark | Hyperoodon ampullatus (159710) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Indopacetus pacificus (168376) Mesoplodon sp. (168579) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Hyperoodon planifrons (86922 168568) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Physeter bidens (86911) | |
| Holocene | Sri Lanka (Colombo District) | Mesoplodon hotaula (230217) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Hyperoodon planifrons (168566 168567) Indopacetus pacificus (80606 80607) Mesoplodon sp. (79916) Ziphius layardii (86897) | |
| Holocene | Brazil | Mesoplodon sp. (168576) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Mesoplodon sp. (168584) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom (England) | Balaena ampullata (86923) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Mesoplodon bowdoini (86919) Mesoplodon eueu (223352) Mesoplodon grayi (86915) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Hyperoodon ampullatus (168572) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Indopacetus pacificus (168378) Mesoplodon sp. (168581) Mesoplodon stejnegeri (82088) | |
| Holocene | Somalia | Indopacetus pacificus (80605) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Mesoplodon sp. (168577) | |
| Holocene | Japan (Honshu) | Mesoplodon densirostris (86916) | |
| Holocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mesoplodon mirum (86912) | |
| Holocene | Chile | Hyperoodon planifrons (168564) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Hyperoodon planifrons (168569) Mesoplodon densirostris (68035 68036) Mesoplodon ginkgodens (68034) Mesoplodon peruvianus (68033) Mesoplodon sp. (168580) |