Cephalorhynchus hectori Van Beneden 1881

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative combination: Electra hectori

Invalid subtaxa: Cephalorhynchus albifrons True 1889, Cephalorhynchus hectori albifrons True 1889, Cephalorhynchus maui Baker et al. 2002, Electra clancula Hector 1873 [replaced name]

Belongs to Cephalorhynchus according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

See also Hershkovitz 1966, Jefferson 2021, Mead and Brownell 2005, Oliver 1922, Perrin et al. 2013, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Trouessart 1904 and Turner 1912

Sister taxa: Cephalorhynchus commersoni, Cephalorhynchus eutropia, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii, Phocoena obtusata

Type specimens:

  • Cephalorhynchus hectori: MRHNB unnumbered specimen, a skeleton (skin and skeleton)
  • Cephalorhynchus albifrons:
  • Cephalorhynchus maui:
  • Electra clancula: MRHNB unnumbered specimen, a skeleton (skin and skeleton).

Distribution: found only at Karioitahi Beach, Waiuku (Quaternary of New Zealand)

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