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Sousa sahulensis
Taxonomy
Sousa sahulensis was named by Jefferson and Rosenbaum (2014). It is extant. Its type specimen is MTQ JM20036, a skull. Its type locality is Saunders Beach, which is in a Holocene marine horizon in Australia.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin |
| 2014 | Sousa sahulensis Jefferson and Rosenbaum |
| 2021 | Sousa sahulensis Jefferson p. 29 |
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Sousa sahulensis Jefferson and Rosenbaum 2014
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Invalid names: Sousa queenslandensis Gaskin 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. A. Jefferson and H. C. Rosenbaum 2014 | Sousa sahulensis is known to reach total lenghts of up to 270 cm (Fig. 5). In this species, there is no visible dorsal hump and the dorsal fin is low and triangular, with a wide base ranging from 14% to 24% of body length (Ross et al. 1996; Fig. 6). Vertebral counts based on only two specimens (both with 50 total vertebrae) sug- gest that vertebral counts may be lower than in other species. The length/breadth ratio of the cranium is 2.2–2.5. The rostrum is relatively short (to 350 mm), and tooth counts are moderately low (31–35 per tooth row). The color pattern is very different than in the other species in the genus, with adults having a dark gray back and lighter belly separated by an indistinct curved “cape” margin. White blotches and spotting are common. There are no shared mtDNA haplotypes with other species, and seven diagnostic mtDNA characters that distinguish Sousa sahulensis from other Sousa species. A single nuDNA character diagnoses S. sahulensis from all other Sousa (Table 2). |