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Monodon monoceros (narhwal)
Taxonomy
Monodon monoceros was named by Linnaeus (1758) [No type specimen designated (Hershkovitz, 1966).
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Monodon monoceros Linnaeus p. 75 |
1762 | Ceratodontis ceratodon Brisson p. 366 |
1779 | Monodon narhwal Blumenbach p. 142 |
1781 | Monodon narhval Borowski p. 142 |
1804 | Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède p. 142 |
1804 | Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède p. 159 |
1804 | Narwalus andersonianus Lacépède p. 163 |
1811 | Monodon microcephalus Fleming |
1811 | Ceratodon monodon Pallas p. 146 |
1828 | Tachynices megacephalus Brookes p. 40 |
1829 | Monodon monoceros Fischer p. 516 |
1846 | Monodon monoceros Gray p. 29 |
1847 | Monodon monoceros Nilsson p. 619 |
1850 | Monodon monoceros Gray p. 75 |
1864 | Monodon monoceros Gray p. 247 |
1866 | Monodon monoceros Gray p. 310 |
1868 | Monodon monoceros Gray p. 9 |
1873 | Monodon monoceros Brandt p. 232 |
1887 | Monodon monoceros Lydekker p. 78 |
1891 | Monodon monoceros Newton p. 78 |
1902 | Monodon monoceros Hay p. 594 |
1904 | Monodon monoceros Trouessart p. 772 |
1911 | Monodon monoceros Thomas p. 155 |
1912 | Monodon monoceros Turner p. 96 |
1930 | Monodon monoceros Hay p. 595 |
1963 | Monodon monoceros Scheffer and Rice p. 5 |
1966 | Monodon monoceros Hershkovitz p. 112 |
1980 | Monodon monoceros Reeves and Tracey p. 1 |
1998 | Monodon monoceros Rice p. 97 |
2005 | Monodon monoceros Mead and Brownell p. 735 |
2008 | Monodon monoceros Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
2021 | Monodon monoceros Jefferson p. 6 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 [narhwal]
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Invalid names: Ceratodon monodon Pallas 1811 [synonym], Ceratodontis ceratodon Brisson 1762 [synonym], Monodon narhval Borowski 1781 [synonym], Monodon narhwal Blumenbach 1779 [synonym], Narwalus andersonianus Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Narwalus microcephalus Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Narwalus vulgaris Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Tachynices megacephalus Brookes 1828 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 |
Collections (23 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Gelasian | United Kingdom (England) | Monodon monoceros (48093) | |
Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Monodon monoceros (85135) | |
Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Monodon monoceros (58419 77754) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Monodon monoceros (109703) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (New Brunswick) | Monodon monoceros (73672) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Quebec) | Monodon monoceros (96874) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greenland | Monodon monoceros (227040) | |
Holocene | Iceland | Monodon monoceros (168231) | |
Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Monodon monoceros (168230) | |
Holocene | Greenland | Monodon monoceros (162545 227877 229885 229938 229939 229940 229942 229943) | |
Holocene | Greenland (Qeqertasussuk) | Monodon monoceros (187755) | |
Holocene | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Monodon monoceros (168232) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Monodon monoceros (73710 228919) | |
Holocene | Greenland (Carey Oer) | Monodon monoceros (177153) |