†Idiorophus Kellogg 1925 (sperm whale)
Osteichthyes - Artiodactyla - Physeteridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 36732
Synonym: Apenophyseter Cabrera 1926 (taxon 36665)
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1925. Two physeteroid whales from California. Contributions to Palaeontology from the Carnegie Institution of Washington 348(1):1-35
Parent taxon: Physeteridae according to A. Collareta et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aulophyseter, Aulophyseterinae, Diaphorocetus, Hoplocetinae, Idiophyseter, Kogiopsis, Orca semseyi, Orcopsis, Orycterocetus, Paleophoca, Physeter, Physeterinae, Physeterula, Physodontidae, Physotherium, Placoziphius, Scaldicetus lodgei, Ziphioides, Ziphiola
Subtaxa: Idiorophus bolzanensis, Idiorophus patagonicus
Ecology: ground dwelling piscivore-carnivore