Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Alternative combination: Dolichodon traversii
Synonym: Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes et al. 1996
Belongs to Mesoplodon according to O. Lambert and S. Louwye 2016
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Mead and Brownell 2005, Rice 1998 and van Helden et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon bononiensis, Mesoplodon bowdoini, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon danconae, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon eueu, Mesoplodon europaeus, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Mesoplodon grayi, Mesoplodon hectori, Mesoplodon hotaula, Mesoplodon lawleyi, Mesoplodon layardii, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon perrini, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon posti, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon tumidirostris, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris, Ziphius (Dolichodon) geelongensis
Type specimens:
- Mesoplodon traversii: NMNZ 546, a skull
- Mesoplodon bahamondi:
Distribution: found only at Pitt Island (Quaternary of New Zealand)
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