Physeterinae

Physeterinae is a subfamily of whales in the family Physeteridae. It contains one extant genus, Physeter (sperm whales), and nine extinct genera (five of which are considered nomen dubium).^[2]

Physeterinae Temporal range: Late Miocene–Holocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Physeteridae
Subfamily:	Physeterinae Gray, 1821[2]

Genera

• †Idiophyseter R. Kellogg, 1925^[2]
• †Orycterocetus Leidy, 1853^[2]
• Physeter Linnaeus, 1758^[2]
• †Physeterula Van Beneden, 1877^[2]
• †Placoziphius van Beneden, 1869^[2]

Nomina dubia

• †Balaenodon Owen, 1846^[2]
• †Physetodon McCoy, 1879^[2]
• †Priscophyseter Portis, 1886^[2]
• †Prophyseter Abel, 1905^[2]
• †Thalassocetus Abel, 1905^[2]