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Physeterinae (sperm whale)
Taxonomy
Physeterinae was named by Flower (1867). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Weber (1928).
It was assigned to Hypognathodontidae by Brandt (1874); and to Physeteridae by Flower (1867), Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Lydekker (1887), Flores (1895), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), True (1908), Turner (1912), Zittel (1925), Weber (1928), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Muizon (1990), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kazár (2002), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Toscano et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Hypognathodontidae by Brandt (1874); and to Physeteridae by Flower (1867), Gill (1871), Gill (1872), Lydekker (1887), Flores (1895), Hay (1902), Trouessart (1904), True (1908), Turner (1912), Zittel (1925), Weber (1928), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Muizon (1990), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kazár (2002), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Toscano et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1867 | Physeterinae Flower p. 114 |
| 1871 | Physeterinae Gill p. 124 |
| 1872 | Physeterinae Gill p. 96 |
| 1874 | Physeterinae Brandt p. 45 |
| 1887 | Physeterinae Lydekker p. 53 |
| 1895 | Physeterinae Flores p. 13 |
| 1902 | Physeterinae Hay p. 595 |
| 1904 | Physeterinae Trouessart p. 772 |
| 1908 | Physeterinae True p. 391 |
| 1912 | Physeterinae Turner p. 71 |
| 1925 | Physeterinae Zittel p. 86 |
| 1928 | Physeterinae Weber p. 389 |
| 1945 | Physeterinae Simpson p. 102 |
| 1951 | Physeterinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 721 |
| 1960 | Physeterinae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1963 | Physeterinae Scheffer and Rice p. 8 |
| 1973 | Physeterinae Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1984 | Physeterinae Barnes p. 43 |
| 1985 | Physeterinae Barnes et al. p. 26 |
| 1990 | Physeterinae Muizon p. 297 |
| 1991 | Physeterinae Vidal p. 5 |
| 1994 | Physeterinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Physeterinae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1997 | Physeterinae McKenna and Bell p. 380 |
| 2002 | Physeterinae Kazár p. 154 |
| 2007 | Physeterinae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2008 | Physeterinae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Physeterinae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 240 |
| 2013 | Physeterinae Toscano et al. p. 440 |
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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. Physeterinae Flower 1867 [sperm whale]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messinian | Mexico (Baja California) | Physeterinae indet. (45460) | |
| Messinian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Physeterinae indet. (84610) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Physeterinae indet. (52582) |