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Vomeroziphii

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Vomeroziphii was named by Bianucci et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Ziphiidae by Bianucci et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Vomeroziphii Bianucci et al. p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
—Vomeroziphii
—Vomeroziphii

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 densirostris Blainville 1817
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Invalid names: Ziphius seychellensis Gray 1846 [synonym]
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]
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon knoxi Hector 1873 [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
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Invalid names: Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes et al. 1996 [synonym]
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]
G. †Pterocetus Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Pterocetus benguelae Bianucci et al. 2007
G. †Xhosacetus Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Xhosacetus hendeysi Bianucci et al. 2007
Subfm. Ziphiinae Gray 1850 [beaked whale]
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G. †Cetorhynchus Gervais 1861
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†Cetorhynchus atavus Abel 1905
†Cetorhynchus christoli Gervais 1861
G. †Izikoziphius Bianucci et al. 2007
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†Izikoziphius angustus Bianucci et al. 2007
†Izikoziphius rossi Bianucci et al. 2007
G. Ziphius Cuvier 1824
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Subg. Ziphius (Mesodon) Brandt 1873
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]
Invalid names: Berardini Muizon 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Bianucci et al. 2024The 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
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

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): 11.63 Ma

Collections (141 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Spain (Glacia) Hyperoodon sp. (80694)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Mesoplodon christolii (85152)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indian Ocean Africanacetus sp. (149814) Mesoplodon sp. (55451 99623)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific Mesoplodon sp. (77519 99582 99584 99586 99587)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333South Africa Izikoziphius angustus (77209)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333South Atlantic Khoikhoicetus agulhasis (77212)
Middle Miocene - Pliocene15.98 - 2.58South Africa Ihlengesi saldanhae, Pterocetus benguelae (77211) Mesoplodon slangkopi, Pterocetus benguelae (77213) Mesoplodon sp. (77226) Mesoplodon sp., Ziphius sp., Izikoziphius rossi, Africanacetus ceratopsis, Xhosacetus hendeysi (77208)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Russian Federation Ziphius blasii (48070)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Cetorhynchus atavus (66960)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Sardinia) Rhinostodes lovisatoi (49399)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Sicily) Mesoplodon sp. (49400)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Portugal Diodon stenodus, Diodon sp. (56459)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indian Ocean Ziphius sp. (77210)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333New Zealand Hyperoodon sp. (87865)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58South Pacific Mesoplodon sp. (51419)
Late/Upper Miocene - Holocene11.63 - 0.0Indian Ocean Africanacetus ceratopsis (192394 192395) Izikoziphius rossi (192399) Khoikhoicetus kergueleni (192393) Mesoplodon layardii (192396 192397 192398) Xhosacetus hendeysi (192400)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Chiba) Mesoplodon sp. (76015)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Portugal (Azores) Mesoplodon sp. (107485)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Antwerpen) Mesoplodon posti (57701)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Ziphius cavirostris (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Atlantic Africanacetus gracilis (183433)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Turnhout) Mesoplodon sp. (77492)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) Dioplodon tenuirostris (45497)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Mesoplodon sp. (154720)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Mesoplodon compressus (51335)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Izikoziphius sp. (100313)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (Tasmania) Mesoplodon sp. (51414)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Antwerpen) Ziphius sp. (67029)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Tuscany) Dioplodon meneghinii (76975) Dioplodon senensis (76976) Mesoplodon medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii (48645)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Piacenza) Dioplodon lawleyi (76974)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Dioplodon gibbus (115131) Dioplodon tenuirostris (76977) Mesoplodon sp. (96776)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Catanzaro) Dioplodon gibbus (76973)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy (Emilia Romagna) Dioplodon bononiensis (76972)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Teruel) Ziphius cavirostris (54185)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Pacific Ihlengesi changoensis (231756)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (Hawera) Mesoplodon sp. (28039)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Tuscany) Dioplodon lawley, Dioplodon danconae, Dioplodon longirostris (48652)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Siena) Mesoplodon sp. (178267)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Mesoplodon sp., Dioplodon meneghini, Dioplodon medilineatus (47428)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Italy (Marche) Dioplodon tenuirostris (48646)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Hyperoodon sp., Ziphius medilineatus, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris, Mesoplodon floweri, Ziphius compressus (48093)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Niigata) Mesoplodon sp. (76035)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Ziphius cavirostris (86921)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Mesoplodon sp. (76047)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA Minor Outlying Islands Mesoplodon sp. (70551)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Hyperoodon planifrons (168569) Mesoplodon densirostris (68035 68036) Mesoplodon ginkgodens (68034) Mesoplodon peruvianus (68033) Mesoplodon sp. (168580) Ziphius cavirostris (168358)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Indopacetus pacificus (168377) Ziphius cavirostris (168360)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Hyperoodon planifrons (168565)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Mesoplodon sp. (168577) Ziphius cavirostris (168354)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Mesoplodon sp. (168576) Ziphius cavirostris (168353)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Hyperoodon planifrons (168570) Mesoplodon sp. (168583)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Indopacetus pacificus (80604 168379)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Hyperoodon sp., Ziphius cavirostris (201786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Mesoplodon sp. (168584)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Mesoplodon hotaula (240424)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Hyperoodon planifrons (168566 168567) Indopacetus pacificus (80606 80607) Ziphius layardii (86897)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Somalia Indopacetus pacificus (80605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Berardius hectori (86913) Mesoplodon traversii (230218)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Hyperoodon ampullatus (168571)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indian Ocean Mesoplodon sp., Ziphius cavirostris (79916)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Indopacetus pacificus (168378) Mesoplodon sp. (168581) Mesoplodon stejnegeri (82088) Ziphius cavirostris (168359)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sri Lanka (Colombo District) Mesoplodon hotaula (230217)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Mesoplodon carlhubbsi (86920) Mesoplodon ginkgodens (86918) Mesoplodon perrini (77006) Mesoplodon sp. (168578)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Denmark Hyperoodon ampullatus (159710)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Hyperoodon planifrons (168564)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand (Bangkok) Ziphius cavirostris (238810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Maldives Indopacetus pacificus (80608)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Honshu) Mesoplodon densirostris (86916)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Indopacetus pacificus (168376) Mesoplodon sp. (168579) Ziphius cavirostris (168361)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Mesoplodon densirostris (83482)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Angola Mesoplodon sp. (168575) Ziphius cavirostris (168352)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Canary Islands) Mesoplodon europaeus (230214)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Hyperoodon ampullatus (168573) Mesoplodon sp. (168582)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia Indopacetus pacificus (168380)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (North Carolina) Mesoplodon mirum (86912) Ziphius cavirostris (65172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Berardius hectori (86914)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy Ziphius cavirostris (168355)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Hyperoodon planifrons (86922 168568)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Physeter bidens (86911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Mesoplodon sp. (168585) Ziphius cavirostris (168357)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Mesoplodon stejnegeri (86906)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal Mesoplodon sp. (168574) Ziphius cavirostris (168351)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Hyperoodon ampullatus (168572)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mozambique Indopacetus pacificus (168381) Ziphius cavirostris (168356)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Balaena ampullata (86923) Hyperoodon rostratus (238921) Hyperoodon sp. (238957)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Mesoplodon bowdoini (86919) Mesoplodon eueu (223352) Mesoplodon grayi (86915)