Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Full reference: E. L. Carroll, M. R. McGowen, M. L. McCarthy, F. G. Marx, N. Aguilar, M. L. Dalebout, S. Dreyer, O. E. Gaggiotti, S. S. Hansen, A. Helden, A. B. Onoufriou, R. W. Baird, C. S. Baker, S. Berrow, D. Cholewiak, D. Claridge, R. Constantine, N. J. Davison, C. Eira, R. E. Fordyce, and J. Gat. 2021. Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20211213

Belongs to Mesoplodon according to E. L. Carroll et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon blasiusi, Mesoplodon bononiensis, Mesoplodon bowdoini, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon danconae, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon europaeus, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Mesoplodon grayi, Mesoplodon hectori, Mesoplodon hotaula, Mesoplodon lawleyi, Mesoplodon layardii, Mesoplodon medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon perrini, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon posti, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris

Type specimen: NMNZ MM003000, a skeleton. Its type locality is Waiatoto Spit, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Waiatoto Spit

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