Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Belongs to Mesoplodon according to O. Lambert and S. Louwye 2016
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Mead and Brownell 2005 and Rice 1998
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 perrini, Mesoplodon posti, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oaro (Quaternary of New Zealand)
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