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Type locality: Brest, France. 

 Distribution : The same as for the genus. 



Genus GLOBICEPHALA Lesson 



Globicephala Lesson, 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buffon ou Histoire 

 naturelle des animaux rares decouverts . . . depuis la mort de Buffon, 

 l(Cetaces): 276 ("les globicephales"), 441 (Globicephala, generic name) 

 [includes species: Delphinus globiceps Cuvier, D. deductor Scoresby 

 (=globiceps), D. rissoanus Cuvier (=Grampus griseus Cuvier)]. — Flower, 

 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884: 418 [Globiceps Flower, 1884, 

 preoccupied by Globiceps Pelletier and Serville, 1825, a genus of Hem- 

 iptera]. — Thomas, 1898, The Zoologist, 2: 99 [correct name for black- 

 fish]. — Kellogg, 1928, Quart. Rev. Biol., 3:33 et seq. [history; relation- 

 ship]. — Winge, 1942, Interrelat. Mamm. Gen., 3: 305. — Fraser and 

 Purves, 1960, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Zool., 7: 52, 69, 72, 96, 107, 

 113, fig. 19 (pterygoid sinus), fig. 26 (table) [auditory system; classi- 

 fication] . 



Globicephalus Lesson, 1828, Ferussac Bull. Sci. Nat., 16: 116 (in text) 

 [emendation of or lapsus for Globicephala Lesson]. — Hamilton Smith, 

 1837, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, Mammalia, 6(whales): 212 

 [generic name an emendation of Globicephala Lesson; included species: 

 G. deductor ( = Globicephala melaena Traill), G. rissii (= Grampus griseus 

 Cuvier), G. cortesi Cuvier (fossil)]. — Gray, 1846, Zoology of the voyage 

 of H. M.S. Erebus and Terror, 1 (Mammalia) : 32 [characters; species]. — 

 Van Beneden and Gervais, 1880, Osteographie des Cetaces, p. 554 

 [review]. — Flower, 1885, List Cetacea Brit. Mus., p. 19 [listed]. — 

 True, 1889, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 36:183 [taxonomy].— Slijper, 1936, 

 Die Cetaceen, vergleichend-anatomisch und systematisch (in text) 

 [comparative anatomy; phylogeny]. 



Cetus Wagler, 1830, Nat. Syst. Amphibien, p. 33 [new name for Globi- 

 cephala Lesson; preoccupied by Cetus Billberg, 1828 (=Physeter Linnaeus, 

 1758)]. 



Globiocephalus Gray, 1846 Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and 

 Terror, 1 (Mammalia): 32 [emendation of "Globicephala Lesson" 

 (= Globicephala Lesson, 1828)]. 



Sphaerocephalus Gray, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 244 [subgenus 

 of Globiocephalus Gray (= Globicephala Lesson); type species: Globio- 

 cephalus incrassatus Gray by monotypy; name preoccupied by Sphaero- 

 cephalus Eschscholtz, a beetle]. — Flower, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1883: 510 [type species: Sphaerocephalus incrassatus Gray = Globiceps 

 (= Globicephala) melas Traill]. 



Globiceps Flower, 1884, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1883: 508 [new name 

 for Globicephala Lesson; taxonomy; Sphaerocephalus Gray 1864 a synonym; 



