tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post4432973702623669031..comments2024-03-21T07:21:10.901-04:00Comments on The Lord Geekington: Ziphiidae: An IntroductionCameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-5934195883711389042008-06-05T23:50:00.000-04:002008-06-05T23:50:00.000-04:00For some reason Fuller and Godfrey put it in Physe...<I>For some reason Fuller and Godfrey put it in Physeteroidea, i.e. a clade with sperm whales.</I><BR/><BR/>Some authors do include Ziphiidae in Physeteroidea, so inclusion of a taxon in the latter does not necessarily preclude its association with the former (you'd have to check what system the authors of that specific paper use). I believe that e.g. Geisler & Sanders (2003) found a monophyletic Physeteridae + Ziphiidae clade in their morphological analysis.<BR/><BR/>Geisler, J. H., & A. E. Sanders. 2003. Morphological evidence for the phylogeny of Cetacea. <I>Journal of Mammalian Evolution</I> 10 (1-2): 23-129.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.com