Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Aodon Lesson 1828, Callidon Gray 1871, Dioplodon Gervais 1850, Dioplodon danconae Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Dioplodon gibbus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Dioplodon lawley Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Dioplodon lawleyi Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Dioplodon medilineatus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Dioplodon meneghinii Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Dioplodon tenuirostris Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Diplodon Gray 1866, Mesiodon Gray 1866, Mesodiodon Duvernoy 1851, Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) Gervais 1850, Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) lawley Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) medilineatus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) meneghinii Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) tenuirostris Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon danconae Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon danconai Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon gibbus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon lawleyi Capellini 1885 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon medilineatus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon meneghinii Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Mesoplodon tenuirostris Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Micropteron Eschricht 1849, Micropteron danconae Lawley 1876 [nomen dubium], Micropterus Wagner 1846, Neoziphius Gray 1871, Nodus Wagler 1830, Oulodon van Haast 1876, Paikea Oliver 1922, Ziphius gibbus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Ziphius medilineatus Owen 1870 [nomen dubium], Ziphius tenuirostris Owen 1870 [nomen dubium]
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1850. Memoire sur la Famille des cetaces Ziphioides, et plus particulierment sur le Ziphius cavirostris de la Mediterranee. Annales des Sciences Naturales. Partie Zoologique 14:5-17
Parent taxon: Hyperoodontinae according to O. Lambert et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Africanacetus, Hyperoodon, Ihlengesi, Indopacetus, Khoikhoicetus
Subtaxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon bowdoini, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon europaeus, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Mesoplodon grayi, Mesoplodon hectori, Mesoplodon layardii, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon perrini, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Mesoplodon tumidirostris
Type: Physeter bidens
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore