Hyperoodontinae Gray 1866

Subfamily HYPEROODONTINAE Gray, 1866 TYPE GENUS. — Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804. OTHER GENERA INCLUDED. — Indopacetus Moore, 1968, Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850, Ihlengesi n. gen., Africanacetus n. gen., and Khoikhoicetus n. gen. EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. — Hyperoodontinae differ from all the other Ziphiidae in the deep anteromedian excavation of the nasals. DISCUSSION Hyperoodontinae as defined here follows the content of the subfamily suggested by Muizon (1991); they correspond neither to the tribe Hyperoodontini sensu Moore 1968, including Hyperoodon, Indopacetus, Mesoplodon, and Tasmacetus nor to the subtribe Hyperoodontina sensu Moore 1968, only including Hyperoodon and Mesoplodon.
Published as part of Bianucci, Giovanni, Lambert, Olivier & Post, Klaas, 2007, A high diversity in fossil beaked whales (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) recovered by trawling from the sea floor off South Africa, pp. 561-618 in Geodiversitas 29 (4) on page 578, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4651080
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