PaleoDB taxon number: 42951
Alternative spellings: Ziphiina, Ziphiini
Synonyms: Hyperoodontidae Gray 1846 (no. 63686), Hyperoodontina Gray 1846 (no. 93886), Hyperoodontini Moore 1968 (no. 113834)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1850. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea 1-153
Parent taxon: Synrhina according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Eurhinodelphinidae
Subtaxa: Anarnacinae, Anoplonassa, Aporotus, Belemnoziphius, Beneziphius, Berardiinae, Caviziphius, Chavinziphius, Chimuziphius, Choneziphiidae, Dagonodum, Dioplodon senensis, Eboroziphius, Hyperoodontinae, Indopacetina, Messapicetus, Nenga, Ninoziphius, Notoziphius, Pelycorhamphus, Pterocetus, Rhinostodes, Synostodon, Tasmacetina, Tasmacetus, Xhosacetus, Ziphiina, Ziphiinae, Ziphiopsis, Ziphirostrum
Ecology: scansorial piscivore-carnivore