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Taxonomy
Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) christolii was named by Gervais (1861). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Poussan, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in France. It is the type species of Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus).
It was recombined as Cetorhynchus christolii by Van Beneden and Gervais (1880); it was recombined as Cyrtodelphis christolii by Abel (1900); it was misspelled as Cyrtodelphis christoli by Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Cetorhynchus christoli by Kellogg (1922).
It was recombined as Cetorhynchus christolii by Van Beneden and Gervais (1880); it was recombined as Cyrtodelphis christolii by Abel (1900); it was misspelled as Cyrtodelphis christoli by Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Cetorhynchus christoli by Kellogg (1922).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1861 | Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) christolii Gervais p. 122 |
| 1880 | Cetorhynchus christolii Van Beneden and Gervais p. 509 |
| 1900 | Cyrtodelphis christolii Abel p. 851 |
| 1904 | Cyrtodelphis christoli Trouessart p. 759 |
| 1922 | Cetorhynchus christoli Kellogg p. 130 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Cetorhynchus christoli Gervais 1861
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||