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Globicephalinae
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 reranked as the subfamily Globiocephalinae by Gill (1871) and Gill (1872); it was corrected as Globicephalidae by Nishiwaki (1963); 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) and Marx et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Denticete by Gray (1866); 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) and Marx et al. (2016).
It was reranked as the subfamily Globiocephalinae by Gill (1871) and Gill (1872); it was corrected as Globicephalidae by Nishiwaki (1963); 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) and Marx et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Denticete by Gray (1866); 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) and Marx et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Globiocephalina Gray p. 243 |
| 1866 | Globiocephalidae Gray p. 313 |
| 1868 | Globiocephalidae Gray p. 8 |
| 1870 | Globiocephalidae Gray p. 773 |
| 1871 | Globiocephalinae Gill p. 124 |
| 1872 | Globiocephalinae Gill p. 95 |
| 1921 | Globicipites Winge p. 36 |
| 1963 | Globicephalidae Nishiwaki |
| 1963 | Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki p. 99 |
| 1964 | Grampidae Nishiwaki |
| 1973 | Globicephalinae Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1985 | Globicephalinae Barnes et al. p. 112 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1991 | Globicephalinae Vidal p. 5 |
| 1994 | Globicephalinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Globicephalinae Fordyce et al. p. 340 |
| 1997 | Globicephalinae McKenna and Bell p. 375 |
| 1999 | Globicephalinae LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2001 | Globicephalinae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2008 | Globicephalinae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3 |
| 2008 | Globicephalinae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1 |
| 2009 | Globicephalinae Aguirre-Fernández et al. |
| 2011 | Globicephalinae Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Globicephalinae Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1 |
| 2016 | Globicephalinae Marx et al. p. 140 |
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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.
Subfm. Globicephalinae Gray 1866
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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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Globicephala melaena melaena Hershkovitz 1966
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], 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
Globiocephalus svineval Gray 1846
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]
Invalid names: Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki 1963 [invalid subgroup], Globiocephalina Gray 1864 [synonym], Grampidae Nishiwaki 1964 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 (127 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | Spain (Glacia) | Globicephalinae indet. (80694) | |
| Neogene | Madagascar | Grampus griseus (55451) | |
| Neogene | Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) | Delphinus karsteni (66306) | |
| Neogene | South Pacific | Globicephalus sp. (99613) Globiocephalus sp. (99582 99584 99586) | |
| Neogene | Australia (South Australia) | Globiocephalus sp. (99623) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Chile (Valparaíso) | Globicephala sp. (100132) | |
| Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Grampus sp., Globicephala melaena (189573) | |
| Serravallian | Italy | Delphinus uncidens (48656) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chile | Globicephala sp. (54186) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Globicephala sp. (87885) | |
| Messinian | Peru | Globicephalinae indet. (13079) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | Globicephala sp. (212232) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Japan (Ibaraki) | Grampus griseus (76013) | |
| Zanclean | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Globicephala sp. (89447) | |
| Zanclean | USA (California) | Globicephalinae indet. (117471 173562 173563) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Globicephala sp., Pseudorca sp. (52582) | |
| Pliocene | Japan (Chiba) | Pseudorca yokoyamai (46044) | |
| Waipipian | New Zealand (Hawera) | Pseudorca sp. (28039) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Delphinus uncidens (77753) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Pseudorca sp. (87896) | |
| Piacenzian | Taiwan | Pseudorca yuanliensis (153831) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Tuscany) | Globicephala etruriae (48652) | |
| Piacenzian | Japan (Kanagawa) | Globiocephalinae indet. (76027) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | Globicephalinae indet. (184954) | |
| Piacenzian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Protoglobicephala mexicana (91183) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Platalearostrum hoekmani (107396) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands (Zeeland) | Globicephala sp. (107397) | |
| Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Globicephalus uncidens (48093) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Chiba) | Pseudorca yokoyamai (76020) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Kanagawa) | Pseudorca yokoyamai (76024) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Ishikawa) | Globicephala indet. (200789) | |
| Pleistocene | Sri Lanka | Globicephala macrorhyncha (79949) | |
| Nukumaruan | New Zealand | Pseudorca sp. (74757) | |
| Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | Rododelphis stamatiadisi (224514) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Florida) | Globicephalus baereckeii (57177) | |
| Calabrian | Japan (Kanagawa) | Pseudorca yokoyamai (46043) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Pseudorca crassidens (77754) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (South Carolina) | Pseudorca crassidens (79757) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Phocaena crassidens (58109) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Taiwan | Globicephala macrorhynchus (73686) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Globicephala melas (96706) | |
| Holocene | New Caledonia | Globicephala macrorhynchus (83454 83474) Globicephala sp. (83475) Peponocephala electra (82089 82090) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Feresa attenuata (168163) Peponocephala electra (168153) Pseudorca crassidens (168181) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | Feresa attenuata (168173) Peponocephala electra (168161) Pseudorca crassidens (168176) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Feresa attenuata (168170) Peponocephala electra (168157) Pseudorca crassidens (168183) | |
| Holocene | Brazil | Feresa attenuata (82092 168165) Peponocephala electra (168156) Pseudorca crassidens (168180) | |
| Holocene | Japan | 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) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Grampus griseus (168147) | |
| Holocene | Vietnam | Orcaella brevirostris (168228) | |
| Holocene | Chile | Globicephala macrorhynchus (168217) Grampus griseus (168145) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Orcaella brevirostris (168229) Orcaella heinsohni (108316 108319) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Grampus griseus, Globicephala macrorhynchus (201786) Pseudorca crassidens (75142) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Grampus griseus (168146) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Orcaella heinsohni (108323) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia (Loyalty Islands) | Globicephala macrorhynchus (83473) | |
| Holocene | Bangladesh | Orcaella brevirostris (68029) | |
| Holocene | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Globicephala melas (168207) | |
| Holocene | USA (North Carolina) | Globicephala macrorhynchus (168212) | |
| Holocene | Italy (Sicily) | Globicephala sp., Grampus griseus (175523) | |
| Holocene | Portugal | Feresa attenuata (168167) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168211) Grampus griseus (168151) Pseudorca crassidens (168179) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Globicephala macrorhynchus (168213) | |
| Holocene | India | Feresa attenuata (168174) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168219) Orcaella brevirostris (168227) Peponocephala electra (168162) Pseudorca crassidens (168175) | |
| Holocene | India (Andhra Pradesh) | Orca brevirostris (86882) | |
| Holocene | Japan (Chiba) | Globicephalus sp. (75973) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Feresa attenuata (168171) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168216) Peponocephala electra (168159) Pseudorca crassidens (168184) | |
| Holocene | France | Delphinus griseus (86898) | |
| Holocene | USA (Oregon) | Feresa attenuata (168168) Grampus griseus (168149) Pseudorca crassidens (168182) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Delphinus heavisidei (86897) Globicephala macrorhynchus (168210 168218) Grampus griseus (168142 168143) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | Globicephala melas (168208) | |
| Holocene | Angola | Feresa attenuata (168166) Peponocephala electra (168155) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | Peponocephala electra (168158) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Globicephala macrorhynchus (168209) Grampus griseus (168144) | |
| Holocene | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Delphinus melas (86899) | |
| Holocene | USA (New Jersey) | Grampus griseus (168150) | |
| Holocene | Western Sahara | Peponocephala electra (168154) | |
| Holocene | Italy | Globicephala melas (168206) Grampus griseus (168152) Pseudorca crassidens (168186 196905) Pseudorca sp. (191282) | |
| Holocene | Namibia | Pseudorca crassidens (168178) |