Definition of Physeterid. Meaning of Physeterid. Synonyms of Physeterid

- 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...
- Eophyseter is a genus of extinct physeterid sperm whale from the Pliocene epoch of Italy. It contains one known species: Eophyseter damarcoi, the remains...
- Europe and the United States. This large species is the most stemward physeterid, retaining functional upper teeth lacking enamel. "Fossilworks: Physeterula"...
- in a cavity in the middle ear; in the Odontoceti (apart from in the physeterids, this cavity is filled with dense foam[clarification needed] and completely...
- of four families: belugas and narwhals (monodontids), sperm whales (physeterids), dwarf and pygmy sperm whales (kogiids), and beaked whales (ziphiids)...
- a physeterid, as the type specimen was believed to have been missing. For example, Ontocetus was at one time considered a synonym of the physeterid Hoplocetus...
- macroraptorial sperm whale. Although widely used for a number of extinct physeterids with primitive dental morphology consisting of enameled teeth, Scaldicetus...
- eight species in three genera. Members of the Physeteridae family are physeterids, and are part of the sperm whale superfamily Physeteroidea; the only...
- Palos Verdes, El Toro Valmonte A porpoise. Scaldicetus S. sp. El Toro A physeterid toothed whale. Zarhinocetus Z. errabundus Aliso Viejo Lower An allodelphinid...