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Taxonomy
Indopacetus was named by Moore (1968). It is extant. Its type is Indopacetus pacificus. It was considered monophyletic by Lambert et al. (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Mesoplodon by Mead (1989).
It was assigned to Indopacetina by Moore (1968); to Hyperoodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Ziphiina by Mead and Brownell (2005); to Ziphiidae by Loughlin and Perez (1985), Lambert (2005) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Hyperoodontinae by Muizon (1990), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci et al. (2007), Lambert et al. (2009), Bianucci et al. (2010), Lambert et al. (2013), Ramassamy (2016), Marx et al. (2016), Lambert and Louwye (2016) and Bianucci et al. (2024).
It was synonymized subjectively with Mesoplodon by Mead (1989).
It was assigned to Indopacetina by Moore (1968); to Hyperoodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Ziphiina by Mead and Brownell (2005); to Ziphiidae by Loughlin and Perez (1985), Lambert (2005) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Hyperoodontinae by Muizon (1990), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci et al. (2007), Lambert et al. (2009), Bianucci et al. (2010), Lambert et al. (2013), Ramassamy (2016), Marx et al. (2016), Lambert and Louwye (2016) and Bianucci et al. (2024).
Species
I. pacificus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Indopacetus Moore p. 254 |
| 1985 | Indopacetus Loughlin and Perez p. 1 |
| 1990 | Indopacetus Muizon p. 295 |
| 1997 | Indopacetus McKenna and Bell p. 383 |
| 1998 | Indopacetus Rice p. 87 |
| 2001 | Indopacetus Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2005 | Indopacetus Lambert p. 465 |
| 2005 | Indopacetus Mead and Brownell p. 740 |
| 2007 | Indopacetus Bianucci et al. p. 578 |
| 2008 | Indopacetus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2009 | Indopacetus Lambert et al. p. 919 figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2010 | Indopacetus Bianucci et al. p. 1093 figs. Figure 14 |
| 2013 | Indopacetus Lambert et al. p. 588 figs. FIgure 14 |
| 2016 | Indopacetus Lambert and Louwye figs. Figure 3 |
| 2016 | Indopacetus Marx et al. p. 130 |
| 2016 | Indopacetus Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17 |
| 2024 | Indopacetus Bianucci et al. p. 32 figs. Figure 7 |
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G. Indopacetus Moore 1968 [tropical bottlenose whale]
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Indopacetus pacificus Longman 1926 [tropical bottlenose whale]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Indopacetus pacificus (80604 168379) | |
| Holocene | Maldives | Indopacetus pacificus (80608) | |
| Holocene | Mozambique | Indopacetus pacificus (168381) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Indopacetus pacificus (80606 80607) | |
| Holocene | Somalia | Indopacetus pacificus (80605) | |
| Holocene | Malaysia | Indopacetus pacificus (168380) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Indopacetus pacificus (168378) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Indopacetus pacificus (168376) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | Indopacetus pacificus (168377) |