Physeteroidea
Taxonavigation
Classis: Mammalia
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Infraordo: Cetacea
Cladus: Neoceti
Parvordo: Odontoceti
Superfamilia: Physeteroidea
Familiae: Kogiidae – Physeteridae
Genera incertae sedis: †Acrophyseter – †Albicetus – †Brygmophyseter – †Eudelphis – †Livyatan – †Zygophyseter
Name
Physeteroidea Gray, 1821
Synonymy
References
Primary references
- Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.
Additional references
- Bianucci, G. & Landini, W. 2006. Killer sperm whale: a new basal physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Miocene of Italy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 103–131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00228.x
- Lambert, O.. Bianucci, G. & Muizon, C. de 2008. A new stem-sperm whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Latest Miocene of Peru. Comptes Rendus Palevol 7: 361–369. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.06.002
- Lambert, O., Bianucci, G., Post, K, Muizon, C., de, Salas-Gismondi, R., Urbina, M. & Reumer, J. 2010. The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru. Nature 466: 105–108. DOI: 10.1038/nature09067 [Corrigendum in Nature 466: 1134. (2010) DOI: 10.1038/nature09381]
- Uhen, M. D., Fordyce, R. E. & Barnes, L. G.. 2008. Odontoceti. Pp. 566–606 In Janis, C. M., Scott, K. M. & Jacobs, L. L. (eds.). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II.
Links
- Physeteroidea – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.
Vernacular names
English: Sperm whales
français: Cachalots
français: Cachalots
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