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Taxon: Family Hyperoodontidae Gray, 1846 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla

Subsequent positions

Hyperoodontoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846

Original entries

Questionably †Anoplonassa (Genus) Cope, 1869
Questionably †Berardiopsis (Genus) Portis, 1886, nom. dub.
Questionably †Eboroziphius (Genus) Leidy, 1876, nom. dub.
Questionably Indopacetus (Genus) Moore, 1968
Questionably †Medocinia (Genus) de Muizon, 1988
Questionably †Messapicetus (Genus) Bianucci, Landini & Varola, 1992
Questionably †Ninoziphius (Genus) de Muizon, 1983
Questionably †Notocetus (Genus) Moreno, 1892
Questionably †Palaeoziphius (Genus) Abel, 1905, nom. dub.
Questionably †Pelycorhamphus (Genus) Cope, 1895, nom. dub.
Questionably †Proroziphius (Genus) Leidy, 1876
Questionably †Squalodelphis (Genus) Dal Piaz, 1916
Questionably †Squaloziphius (Genus) de Muizon, 1991
Questionably Tasmacetus (Genus) Oliver, 1937
Questionably †Ziphioides (Genus) Probst, 1886, nom. dub.
Questionably †Ziphirostrum (Genus) Du Bus, 1868

Subsequent entries

†Belemnoziphius (Genus) Huxley, 1864
Berardius (Genus) Duvernoy, 1851
†Cetorhynchus (Genus) Gervais, 1861
†Choneziphius (Genus) Duvernoy, 1851
Hyperoodon (Genus) Lacépède, 1804
Mesoplodon (Genus) Gervais, 1850
Ziphius (Genus) Cuvier, 1823

Current position

Hyperoodontoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 381.

Historical positions

Hyperoodontoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 381.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6g;19s; †17g;2s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 6g;19s; †17g
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [6g; †17g]
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