Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Alternative combinations: Dioplodon europaeus, Neoziphius europaeus
Synonyms: Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866, Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866
Belongs to Mesoplodon according to O. Lambert and S. Louwye 2016
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951, Gervais 1859, Gray 1871, Hershkovitz 1966, Huxley 1864, Mead 1989, Mead and Brownell 2005, Moore 1968, Norman and Mead 2001, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Sherman 1952, Trouessart 1904 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon blasiusi, Mesoplodon bononiensis, Mesoplodon bowdoini, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon danconae, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon eueu, 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
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Montaña Roja, Fuerteventura (Quaternary of Spain)
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