After Lambert, 2005, Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007, and Lambert, de Muizon & Bianucci, 2013, with fossil genera from McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Recent species from Nowak, 1990

<==o Hyperoodontoidea Gray, 1846 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Ziphioidea Gray, 1850] [taxonomic history] (nokkavalasmaiset hammasvalaat)
   |?- †Palaeoziphius scaldensis Abel, 1905 [Odontoceti incertae sedis sensu Lambert, 2005]
   |?- †Squaloziphius emlongi de Muizon, 1991; L.Mioc. ENAm.
   |--+--o †Messapicetus Bianucci, Landini & Varola, 1992; U.Mioc. SEu.
   |  |  |-- †M. longirostris Bianucci, Landini & Varola, 1992
   |  |  `-- †M. gregarius Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2010
   |  `--+-- †Beneziphus brevirostris Lambert, 2005; ?U.Mioc.-?L.Plioc. WEu.
   |     `--o †Ziphirostrum du Bus, 1868 [taxonomic history]
   |        |-- †Z. marginatum du Bus, 1868 sensu Lambert, 2005 [taxonomic history]
   |        |-- †Z. turniense du Bus, 1868 [taxonomic history]
   |        `-- †Z. recurvus (du Bus, 1868) sensu Lambert, 2005 [taxonomic history]
   `--o Hyperoodontidae Gray, 1846 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Ziphiidae Gray, 1850; †Squalodelphidae Dal Piaz, 1916] [taxonomic history] (beaked whales; nokkavalaat)
      |--o Berardiinae Moore, 1968 sensu Lambert, 2005 (giant beaked whales; berardinvalaat)
      |  |?- †Archaeoziphius microglenoideus Lambert & Louwye, 2006 [Mioziphius belgicus Abel, 1905 (in partim)] M.Mioc. WEu.
      |  |?- †Microberardius africanus Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
      |  `--o Berardius Duvernoy, 1851 (giant beaked whales; berardinvalaat)
      |     |-- B. arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851 (Arnoux's beaked whale; etelänberardinvalas)
      |     `-- B. bairdii Stejneger, 1883 (Baird's beaked whale; berardinvalas)
      `--+-- †Nenga meganasalis Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |-- Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 [Tasmacetina Moore, 1968] (tasmanianvalas) [has been treated as Berardiine]
         |--+-- †Xhosacetus hendeysi Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |  `--+-- †Pterocetus benguelae Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |     `--o Hyperoodontinae Gray, 1846 sensu Lambert, 2005; Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |        |?- †Khoikhoicetus agulhasis Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |        |-- Indopacetus pacificus Moore, 1968 [Indocetina Moore, 1968] (Tropical bottlenose whale, Longman's beaked whale; longmaninvalas)
         |        `--+-- †Africanacetus ceratopsis Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |           |-- †Ihlengesi saldanhae Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |           `==o Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
         |              |?- †M. longirostris
         |              |?- M. perrini Dalebout, Mead, Baker, Baker & van Helden, 2002 (Perrin's beaked whale; kaliforniannokkavalas)
         |              |?- M. peruvianus Reyes, Mead & Van Waerebeek, 1991 (Pygmy beaked whale)
         |              |==o (Mesoplodon)
         |              |  |?- M. (M.) hectori Gray, 1871 (Hector's beaked whale; hektorinvalas)
         |              |  |?- M. (M.) europaeus (Gervais, 1855) (Gervais' beaked whale; gervaisinvalas)
         |              |  |?- M. (M.) ginkgodens Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958 (Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale; ginkgohammasvalas)
         |              |  |?- M. (M.) carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 (Hubbs' beaked whale; hubbinvalas)
         |              |  |?- M. (M.) bowdoini Andrews, 1908 (Andrews' beaked whale; andrewinvalas)
         |              |  |?- M. (M.) stejnegeri True, 1885 (Stejneger's beaked whale; stejnegerinvalas)
         |              |  |-- M. (M.) bidens Sowerby, 1804 (Sowerby's beaked whale; kaksihammasvalas, sowerbynvalas)
         |              |  `--+-- †M. slangkopi Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
         |              |     |-- M. (M.) grayi von Haast, 1876 (Gray's beaked whale; graynvalas)
         |              |     `--+-- M. (Dioplodon) densirostris Blainville, 1817 (Blainville's beaked whale; blainvillenvalas)
         |              |        `--o (Dolichodon)
         |              |           |?- M. (D.) traversii (Gray, 1874) (Spade-toothed whale)
         |              |           `-- M. (D.) layardii Gray, 1865 (Strap-toothed whale; kuonokoppavalas)
         |              `--+?- Mesoplodon (Mesoplodon) mirus True, 1913 (True's beaked whale; truenvalas)
         |                 `--o Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804 (bottlenose whales)
         |                    |-- H. ampullatus (Forster, 1770) (Northern bottlenose whale; nokkavalas, pohjannokkavalas)
         |                    `-- H. planifrons (Flower, 1882) (Southern bottlenose whale; etelännokkavalas)
         `--o Ziphiinae Gray, 1850 sensu Lambert, 2005
            |?-o †Aporotus du Bus, 1868
            |  |-- †A. recurvirostris du Bus, 1868
            |  `-- †A. dicyrtus du Bus, 1868
            |--+--o †Izikoziphius Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
            |  |  |-- †I. rossi Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
            |  |  `-- †I. angustus Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007
            |  `--o Ziphius Cuvier, 1823
            |     |-- †Z. sp. [Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2007]
            |     |-- †Z. compressus Owen 1870
            |     `-- Z. cavirostris Cuvier, 1823 (cuvierinvalas)
            `--+--o †Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 [Proroziphius Leidy, 1876]
               |  |?- †C. chonops (Leidy, 1876) Trouessart, 1898 [Proroziphius chonops Leidy, 1876]
               |  |-- †C. leidyi Bianucci, Miján, Lambert, Post & Mateus, 2013
               |  |?- †C. liops Leidy, 1876
               |  |-- †C. planirostris (Cuvier, 1823) [Ziphius planirostris Cuvier, 1823; Ziphius cuvieri Owen, 1870; Ziphius planus; Choneziphius packardi Lankester, 1870; Choneziphius trachops Leidy 1876 (incertae sedis)]
               |  `?- †C. macrops (Leidy, 1876) [Proroziphius macrops Leidy, 1876]
               `--+-- †Imocetus piscatus Bianucci, Miján, Lambert, Post & Mateus, 2013
                  `--+-- †Globicetus hiberus Bianucci, Miján, Lambert, Post & Mateus, 2013
                     `--o †Tusciziphius Bianucci, 1997; ?M.Mioc.-Plioc. SEu.
                        |-- †T. crispus Bianucci, 1997
                        `-- †T. atlanticus Bianucci, Miján, Lambert, Post & Mateus, 2013

Hyperoodontidae not treated by Lambert, 2005

Belemnoziphius Huxley, 1864
         †B. compressus Huxley, 1864
         †B. prorops Leidy, 1876
    ?†Caviziphius altirostris Bianucci & Post, 2005; ?L.Mioc. WEu.
    †Pelycorhamphus pertortus Cope, 1895 [nomen dubium]
    †Cetorhynchus christoli (Gervais, 1861) [Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) christoli Gervais, 1861]
    †Nazcacetus urbinai Lambert, Bianucci & Post, 2009
    ?†Ziphioides Probst, 1886 (nomen dubium)
    †Anoplonassa forcipata Cope, 1869
    †Eboroziphius coelops Leidy, 1877
    †Ninoziphius platyrostris de Muizon, 1983; L.Plioc. WSAm.
    †Berardiopsis pliocaenus Portis, 1886

After Lambert, de Muizon & Bianucci, 2013

<==o Ziphiidae sensu lato
   |-- †Ninoziphius
   `--+--+-- †Messapicetus
      |  `--+-- †Beneziphus
      |     `-- †Ziphirostrum
      `--o Ziphiidae sensu stricto
         |-- Tasmacetus
         `--+-- †Nazcacetus
            |--o Berardiinae
            |  |-- †Archaeoziphius
            |  |-- †Microberardius
            |  `-- Berardius
            `--+--+-- †Xhosacetus
               |  `--+-- †Pterocetus
               |     `--o Hyperoodontinae
               |        |-- Indopacetus
               |        `--+-- Mesoplodon
               |           `--+-- †Africanacetus
               |              `--+-- †Ihlengesi
               |                 `-- Hyperoodon
               `--o Ziphiinae
                  |--+-- †Izikoziphius
                  |  `-- Ziphius
                  `--+-- †Choneziphius
                     `--+-- †Imocetus
                        `--+-- †Tusciziphius
                           `-- †Globicetus

Reference(s):

  • Lambert, O., de Muizon, C. & Bianucci, G., 2013: The most basal beaked whale Ninoziphius platyrostris Muizon, 1983: clues on the evolutionary history of the family Ziphiidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti).
    –Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 167, #4, pp. 569-598 [doi: 10.1111/zoj.12018]

After Bianucci, Miján, Lambert, Post & Mateus, 2013

<==o Ziphiidae sensu lato
   |--+-- †Messapicetus
   |  `--+-- †Beneziphus
   |     `-- †Ziphirostrum
   `--o Ziphiidae sensu stricto
      |-- Tasmacetus
      |-- †Nazcacetus
      |--o Berardiinae
      |  |-- †Archaeoziphius
      |  |-- †Microberardius
      |  `-- Berardius
      |--+-- †Xhosacetus
      |  |-- †Pterocetus
      |  `--o Hyperoodontinae
      |     |-- Indopacetus
      |     `--+-- Mesoplodon
      |        `--+-- †Africanacetus
      |           |-- †Ihlengesi
      |           `-- Hyperoodon
      `--o Ziphiinae
         |-- †Imocetus
         `--+-- †Globicetus
            `--+==Tusciziphius
               `--+-- †Choneziphius
                  `--+-- †Izikoziphius
                     `-- Ziphius

Reference(s):

  • Bianucci, G., Miján, I., Lambert, O., Post, K. & Mateus, O., 2013: Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor of the Iberian Peninsula.
    –Geodiversitas: Vol. 35, #1, pp. 105-153 [doi: 10.5252/g2013n1a6]

After Bianucci, Lambert & Post, 2010

<==o Ziphiidae sensu lato
   |--+-- †Messapicetus
   |  |-- †Beneziphus
   |  `-- †Ziphirostrum
   `--o Ziphiidae sensu stricto
      |-- Tasmacetus
      `--+-- †Nazcacetus
         |--o Berardiinae
         |  |-- †Archaeoziphius
         |  |-- †Microberardius
         |  `-- Berardius
         |--+-- †Xhosacetus
         |  `--+-- †Pterocetus
         |     `--o Hyperoodontinae
         |        |-- Indopacetus
         |        `--+-- Mesoplodon
         |           |-- †Africanacetus
         |           |-- †Ihlengesi
         |           `-- Hyperoodon
         `--o Ziphiinae
            |-- †Tusciziphius
            `--+-- †Choneziphius
               `--+-- †Izikoziphius
                  `-- Ziphius

Reference(s):

  • Bianucci, G., Lambert, O. & Post, K., 2010: High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru.
    –Palaeontology: Vol. 53, #5, pp. 1077-1098 [doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00995.x]

After Lambert, 2005

<==o Ziphiidae sensu lato
   |-- †Squaloziphius
   `--o Ziphiidae sensu stricto
      |-- Tasmacetus
      |-- Berardius
      `--+-- Indopacetus
         |--+-- Mesoplodon
         |  `-- Hyperoodon
         `--+--+-- †Beneziphus
            |  `-- †Ziphirostrum
            `--+-- †Choneziphius
               `--+-- †Tusciziphius
                  `-- Ziphius

Reference(s):

  • Lambert, O., 2005: Systematics and phylogeny of the fossil beaked whales Ziphirostrum du Bus, 1868 and Choneziphius Duvernoy, 1851 (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti), from the Neogene of Antwerp (North of Belgium).
    –Geodiversitas: Vol. 27, #3, pp. 443-497

After McKenna & Bell, 1997

    Hyperoodontoidea
        HyperoodontidaeNotocetusMedociniaBelemnoziphiusPelycorhamphusSqualodelphisChoneziphius
            MesoplodonSqualoziphiusCetorhynchusZiphirostrumMessapicetusPalaeoziphiusZiphioidesAnoplonassaProroziphiusNinoziphius
            Hyperoodon
            ZiphiusBerardiopsis
            Berardius
            Tasmacetus
            Indopacetus

Reference(s):