Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: M. L. Dalebout, J. G. Mead, C. S. Baker, A. N. Baker, and A. L. Helden. 2002. A new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 18(3):577-608
Belongs to Mesoplodon according to B. Ramassamy 2016
See also Dalebout et al. 2002, Lambert and Louwye 2016 and Mead and Brownell 2005
Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon blasiusi, 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 medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon posti, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris
Type specimen: USNM 504853, a skeleton. Its type locality is Carlsbad, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in California.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Carlsbad
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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