Hyperoodon Lacépède 1804 (beaked whale)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Ziphiidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 63591
Alternative spellings: Hyperaodon, Hyperodon
Synonyms: Anodon Wagler 1830 (no. 129544), Cetodiodon Jacob 1825 (no. 93888), Chaenodelphinus Eschricht 1843 (no. 129545), Heterodon Blainville 1817 (no. 94001), Lagenocetus Gray 1863 (no. 68905), Uranodon Illiger 1811 (no. 93887)
Full reference: B. Lacépède. 1804. Histoire Naturelle des Cetacees
Parent taxon: Hyperoodontinae according to B. Ramassamy 2016
Sister taxa: Africanacetus, Globicetus, Ihlengesi, Imocetus, Indopacetus, Khoikhoicetus, Mesoplodon, Tusciziphius
Subtaxa: Hyperoodon (Frasercetus), Hyperoodon ampullatus, Hyperoodon planifrons
Ecology: scansorial piscivore-carnivore