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GENUS Hyperoodon
Author: | Lacépède, 1804. | Citation: | Hist. Nat. Cetacees: xliv, 319. | Type Species: | Hyperoodon butskopf Lacépède, 1804 (= Balaena ampullata Forster, 1770). | Comments: | Includes Frasercetus Moore, 1968 as a subgenus. |
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| Offspring: SUBGENUS Hyperoodon SPECIES ampullatus SUBGENUS Frasercetus SPECIES planifrons | Synonyms:
Anodon Wagler, 1830 Chaenodelphinus Eschricht, 1843 Heterodon Blainville in Desmarest, 1817 Lagenocetus Gray, 1863 Uranodon Illiger, 1811
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