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Globicephalinae

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Globiocephalidae was named by Gray (1866). It is extant. Its type is Globicephalus. It was considered monophyletic by Geisler et al. (2011).

It was corrected as Globicephalidae by Gray (1871), Scott (1873) and Nishiwaki (1963); it was reranked as the subfamily Globiocephalinae by Gill (1871), Gill (1872); it was synonymized subjectively with Delphinidae by Mead and Brownell (2005); it was reranked as the subfamily Globicephalinae by Kasuya (1973), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Foekens (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Aguirre-Fernández et al. (2009), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Marx et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Denticete by Gray (1866); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1871); to Odontocete by Scott (1873); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1868), Gray (1870) and Nishiwaki (1963); and to Delphinidae by Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Kasuya (1973), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Foekens (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Aguirre-Fernández et al. (2009), Geisler et al. (2011), Perrin et al. (2013), Marx et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Globiocephalina Gray p. 243
1866Globiocephalidae Gray p. 313
1868Globiocephalidae Gray p. 8
1870Globiocephalidae Gray p. 773
1871Globiocephalinae Gill p. 124
1871Grampidae Gray p. 82
1871Globicephalidae Gray p. 83
1872Globiocephalinae Gill p. 95
1873Globicephalidae Scott p. 99
1921Globicipites Winge p. 36
1963Globicephalidae Nishiwaki
1963Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki p. 99
1973Globicephalinae Kasuya p. 61
1985Globicephalinae Barnes et al. p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1991Globicephalinae Vidal p. 5
1994Globicephalinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1
1995Globicephalinae Fordyce et al. p. 340
1997Globicephalinae McKenna and Bell p. 375
1999Globicephalinae LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
2001Globicephalinae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2008Globicephalinae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3
2008Globicephalinae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1
2009Globicephalinae Aguirre-Fernández et al.
2011Globicephalinae Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2013Globicephalinae Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2016Globicephalinae Marx et al. p. 140

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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
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyGlobicephalinae()
subfamilyGlobicephalinae()

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.

Subfm. Globicephalinae Gray 1866
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G. †Astadelphis Bianucci 1996
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†Astadelphis gastaldii Brandt 1874
G. Feresa Gray 1870 [pygmy killer whale]
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Feresa attenuata Gray 1874 [pygmy killer whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus intermedius Gray 1827 [synonym], Feresa occulta Jones and Packard 1956 [synonym]
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]
G. Grampus Gray 1828
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Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 [Risso's dolphin]
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Invalid names: Delphinus aires Cuvier 1812 [synonym], Delphinus rissoanus Demarest 1822 [synonym], Globicephalus rissii Risso 1826 [synonym], Grampidelphis exilis Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grampidelphis kuzira Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grampus cuvieri Gray 1846 [synonym], Grampus richardsoni Gray 1850 [synonym], Grampus richardsonii Gray 1850 [synonym], Grampus sakamata Gray 1846 [synonym], Grampus sowerbianus Fischer 1881 [synonym], Grampus stearnsii Dall 1873 [synonym]
Invalid names: Grampidelphis Iredale and Troughton 1933 [synonym], Grayius Scott 1873 [synonym]
G. Orcaella Gray 1866
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Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 [Irrawaddy dolphin]
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Invalid names: Orcaella fluminalis Gray 1871 [synonym]
Orcaella heinsohni Beasley et al. 2005
Invalid names: Orcella Anderson 1871 [synonym]
G. Peponocephala Nishiwaki and Norris 1966
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Peponocephala electra Gray 1846 [melon-headed whale]
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Invalid names: Delphinus (Lagenorhynchus) fusiformis Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus pectoralis Peale 1848 [synonym], Electra asia Gray 1846 [synonym], Electra fusiformis Owen 1866 [synonym], Electra obtusa Gray 1868 [synonym], Phocoena pectoralis Peale 1849 [synonym]
G. †Platalearostrum Post and Kompanje 2010
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†Platalearostrum hoekmani Post and Kompanje 2010 [Hoekman’s blunt-snouted dolphin]
G. †Protoglobicephala Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2009
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†Protoglobicephala mexicana Aguirre-Fernández et al. 2009
G. Pseudorca Reinhardt 1862 [false killer whale]
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Pseudorca crassidens Owen 1846 [false killer whale]
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Invalid names: Globicephalus grayi Burmeister 1869 [synonym], Orca (Pseudorca) meridionalis Flower 1864 [synonym], Orca destructor Cope 1866 [synonym], Orca meridionalis Flower 1864 [synonym], Pseudorca mediterranea Giglioli 1882 [synonym]
†Pseudorca yokoyamai Matsumoto 1926
Invalid names: Neorca Gray 1871 [synonym], Pseudorca yuanliensis Chang and Cheng 1998 [nomen nudum]
G. †Rododelphis Bianucci et al. 2022
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†Rododelphis stamatiadisi Bianucci et al. 2022
Invalid names: Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki 1963 [invalid subgroup], Globiocephalina Gray 1864 [synonym], Grampidae Gray 1871 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

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 (140 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Spain (Glacia) Globicephalinae indet. (80694)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) Delphinus karsteni (66306)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific Globicephalus sp. (99613) Globiocephalus sp. (99582 99584 99586)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Indian Ocean Globiocephalus sp. (99623) Grampus griseus (55451)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene15.98 - 2.58Chile (Valparaíso) Globicephala sp. (100132)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Delphinus uncidens (48656)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Chile Globicephala sp. (54186)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58New Zealand (South Island) Globicephala sp. (87885)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Globicephalinae indet. (13079)
Messinian - Early/Lower Pleistocene7.246 - 0.774Netherlands Grampus sp., Globicephala melaena (189573)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Globicephala sp. (212232)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Asti) Steno bellardii (86305) Steno gastaldii (52062)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Globicephalinae indet. (117471 173562 173563)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Alicante) Astadelphis gastaldii (118104)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Astadelphis gastaldii (123588)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) Globicephala sp. (89447)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Globicephala sp., Pseudorca sp. (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Ibaraki) Grampus griseus (76013)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Chiba) Pseudorca yokoyamai (46044)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Italy Steno bellardii (52063)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (Hawera) Pseudorca sp. (28039)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58New Zealand (South Island) Pseudorca sp. (87896)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Delphinus uncidens (77753)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Taiwan Pseudorca yuanliensis (153831)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Kanagawa) Globiocephalinae indet. (76027)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California Sur) Protoglobicephala mexicana (91183)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Globicephalinae indet. (184954)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Tuscany) Globicephala etruriae (48652)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Netherlands (Zeeland) Globicephala sp. (107397)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Netherlands Platalearostrum hoekmani (107396)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Globicephalus uncidens (48093)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Chiba) Pseudorca yokoyamai (76020)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Astadelphis sp. (188304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Ishikawa) Globicephala indet. (200789)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Kanagawa) Pseudorca yokoyamai (76024)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sri Lanka Globicephala macrorhyncha (79949)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand Pseudorca sp. (74757)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Globicephalus baereckeii (57177)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Japan (Kanagawa) Pseudorca yokoyamai (46043)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Rododelphis stamatiadisi (224514)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Pseudorca sp. (207570)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Pseudorca crassidens (77754)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Pseudorca crassidens (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Taiwan Globicephala macrorhynchus (73686)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Globicephala melas (96706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Phocaena crassidens (58109)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Globicephala macrorhynchus (168209) Grampus griseus (168144)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Oregon) Feresa attenuata (168168) Grampus griseus (168149) Pseudorca crassidens (168182)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Globicephala melas (168208)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Sicily) Globicephala sp., Grampus griseus (175523)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Grampus griseus (168146)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Delphinus globiceps (86900) Feresa attenuata (168172) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168215) Grampus griseus (168148) Grampus griseus, Pseudorca crassidens, Globicephala macrorhynchus (54129) Peponocephala electra (168160) Pseudorca crassidens (168185)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Feresa attenuata (168163) Peponocephala electra (168153) Pseudorca crassidens (168181)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Globicephalus sp. (75973)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Peponocephala electra (240182)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Globicephala melas (168207)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vietnam Orcaella brevirostris (168228)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Northern Territory) Orcaella heinsohni (108323)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Feresa attenuata (82092 168165) Peponocephala electra (168156) Pseudorca crassidens (168180)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Feresa attenuata (168170) Peponocephala electra (168157) Pseudorca crassidens (168183)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal Feresa attenuata (168167) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168211) Grampus griseus (168151) Pseudorca crassidens (168179)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Angola Feresa attenuata (168166) Peponocephala electra (168155)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Feresa attenuata (168174) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168219) Orcaella brevirostris (168227) Peponocephala electra (168162) Pseudorca crassidens (168175)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scottland) Globicephalus melas (238885)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bangladesh Orcaella brevirostris (68029)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Globicephala macrorhynchus (83454 83474) Globicephala sp. (83475) Peponocephala electra (82089 82090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Delphinus heavisidei (86897) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168210 168218) Grampus griseus (168142 168143)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Delphinus griseus (86898)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Globicephala macrorhynchus (168217) Grampus griseus (168145)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Grampus griseus (168150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Feresa attenuata (168171) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168216) Peponocephala electra (168159) Pseudorca crassidens (168184)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Grampus griseus, Globicephala macrorhynchus (201786) Pseudorca crassidens (75142)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Namibia Pseudorca crassidens (168178)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy Globicephala melas (168206) Grampus griseus (168152) Pseudorca crassidens (168186 196905) Pseudorca sp. (191282)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Grampus griseus (168147)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168213)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Feresa attenuata (168173) Peponocephala electra (168161) Pseudorca crassidens (168176)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Orcaella brevirostris (168229) Orcaella heinsohni (108316 108319)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Delphinus melas (86899) Globicephalus melas (238886)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Globicephalus melas (238911 238921) Pseudorca crassidens (238897)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands) Globicephala macrorhynchus (83473)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (North Carolina) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168212)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Western Sahara Peponocephala electra (168154)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Orca brevirostris (86882)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Peponocephala electra (168158)