Physeteroidea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Grandordo: Ferungulata
Mirordo: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Cladus: Cetruminantia
Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha
Subordo: Whippomorpha
Cladus: Cetaceamorpha
Infraordo: Cetacea
Cladus: Neoceti
Parvordo: Odontoceti
Informal group: Physeterida
Superfamilia: Physeteroidea
Familiae: Kogiidae – Physeteridae

Genera incertae sedis: †Acrophyseter – †Albicetus – †Aulophyseter – †Brygmophyseter – †Eudelphis – †Ferecetotherium – †Hoplocetus – †Livyatan – †Preaulophyseter – †Scaldicetus – †Zygophyseter

Name

Physeteroidea Gray, 1821

References

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