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Taxonomy
Ziphioidea was named by Gray (1850). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Uhen et al. (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchoceti by Huxley (1864); it was reranked as the superfamily Ziphioidea by Gray (1868); it was reranked as the suborder Ziphioidea by Gray (1871).
It was assigned to Denticete by Gray (1868), Gray (1871); to Physeterida by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Odontoceti by Fraser and Purves (1960), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Rice (2002), Gingerich (2005), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008); and to Odontoceti by Bianucci and Landini (2007), Rice (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Rhynchoceti by Huxley (1864); it was reranked as the superfamily Ziphioidea by Gray (1868); it was reranked as the suborder Ziphioidea by Gray (1871).
It was assigned to Denticete by Gray (1868), Gray (1871); to Physeterida by Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); to Odontoceti by Fraser and Purves (1960), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Rice (2002), Gingerich (2005), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008); and to Odontoceti by Bianucci and Landini (2007), Rice (2009).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Ziphioidea Gray p. 17 |
| 1868 | Ziphioidea Gray p. 9 |
| 1871 | Ziphioidea Gray p. 96 |
| 1960 | Ziphioidea Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1985 | Ziphioidea Barnes et al. p. 26 |
| 1991 | Ziphioidea Vidal p. 5 |
| 1994 | Ziphioidea Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Ziphioidea Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1998 | Ziphioidea Rice |
| 2001 | Ziphioidea Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Ziphioidea Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1 |
| 2005 | Ziphioidea Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
| 2007 | Ziphioidea Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2008 | Ziphioidea Uhen et al. p. 578 |
| 2008 | Ziphioidea Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 194 |
| 2009 | Ziphioidea Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
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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.
Superfm. Ziphioidea Gray 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Collections
No collection or age range data are available