Hyperoodon fossil map
Where fossils of Hyperoodon have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 23.04 million years ago to the present (Aquitanian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Ziphiidae |
| Named by | Lacépède 1804 |
| Fossil records | 38 occurrences at 19 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Chile, Argentina, Antarctica, Svalbard and Jan Mayen … |
| Rock formations | txn:42951, Red Crag |
About Hyperoodon
Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon) is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales. While not in the genus Hyperoodon, Longman's beaked whales are alternatively called tropical bottlenose whales due to their physical features resembling those of bottlenose whales.
They are considered to be molluscivorous, eating mainly squid.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bottlenose whale (revision 1355912640), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q949450.
