Physeteroidea is a superfamily that includes three extant species of whales: the sperm whale, in the genus Physeter, and the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf...
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organ is an organ present in the heads of toothed whales of the family Physeteroidea, in particular the sperm whale. This organ contains a waxy liquid called...
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Kogia is a genus of toothed whales within the superfamily Physeteroidea comprising two extant and two extinct species from the Neogene: Pygmy sperm whale...
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whales were highly predatory whales of the sperm whale superfamily (Physeteroidea) of the Miocene epoch that hunted large marine mammals, including other...
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Zygophyseter (category Physeteroidea)
Christian (2017). "Macroraptorial Sperm Whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...
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Livyatan (category Physeteroidea)
Muizon, C. (2017). "Macroraptorial Sperm Whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...
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families Kogiidae and Physeteridae are combined as the superfamily Physeteroidea (see the separate entry on the sperm whale family). Swedish ichthyologist...
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and narwhal) Family Phocoenidae, 6 species (porpoises) Superfamily Physeteroidea (sperm whales) Family Kogiidae, 2 species (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales)...
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(two species) Family Phocoenidae: porpoises (six species) Superfamily Physeteroidea: sperm whales Family Kogiidae: lesser sperm whales (two species) Family...
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saturated than the blubber. The melons of the Delphinidae (dolphins) and Physeteroidea (sperm whales) have a significant amount of wax ester, whereas those...
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Cetotheriidae: Pygmy right whale Balaenopteridae: Rorquals Odontoceti Physeteroidea Physeteridae: Sperm whale Kogiidae: Lesser sperm whales Platanistoidea...
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Diaphorocetus (category Physeteroidea)
Diaphorocetus is an extinct genus of odontocete cetacean belonging to Physeteroidea. Its remains were found in the Monte León Formation of Argentina, dating...
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†Simocetidae Stegoceti †Agorophiidae †Waipatiidae †Squalodontidae Crown Odontoceti Physeteroidea Platanistidae Ziphiidae Delphinida Diversity Around 73...
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the mtDNA Phylogeny of Cetacea: Questionable Support for a Mysticeti/Physeteroidea Clade". Systematic Biology. 47 (2): 336–344. doi:10.1080/106351598260941...
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Acrophyseter (category Physeteroidea)
Muizon, C. (2017). "Macroraptorial Sperm Whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...
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Odontoceti (partially) Family Monodontidae (Arctic whales) Superfamily Physeteroidea (sperm whales) Superfamily Ziphioidea (beaked whales) Cladistically...
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Cuitiño (2020). "'Aulophyseter' rionegrensis (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina): a reappraisal". Zoological...
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Brygmophyseter (category Physeteroidea)
Muizon, C. (2017). "Macroraptorial Sperm Whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from the Miocene of Peru". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...
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Infraorder Cetacea Parvorder Odontoceti toothed whales Superfamily Physeteroidea Family Kogiidae Genus Kogia Pygmy sperm whale, K. breviceps Dwarf sperm...
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Balaenidae: right and bowhead whales Parvorder Odontoceti Superfamily Physeteroidea Family Physeteridae: sperm whales Superfamily Hyperoodontoidea Family...
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