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Taxonomy
Mesoplodon pacificus was named by Longman (1926) [Queensland Museum]. It is extant. Its type specimen is QM J. 2106. It is the type species of Indopacetus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Hyperoodon planifrons by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Indopacetus pacificus by Moore (1968), Dalebout et al. (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Ramassamy (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Hyperoodon planifrons by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Indopacetus pacificus by Moore (1968), Dalebout et al. (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Ramassamy (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Mesoplodon pacificus Longman p. 269 figs. pl. 43 |
| 1963 | Mesoplodon pacificus Scheffer and Rice p. 8 |
| 1968 | Indopacetus pacificus Moore pp. 254-255 |
| 1989 | Mesoplodon pacificus Mead p. 351 |
| 2003 | Indopacetus pacificus Dalebout et al. p. 456 |
| 2005 | Indopacetus pacificus Mead and Brownell p. 740 |
| 2008 | Indopacetus pacificus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2016 | Indopacetus pacificus Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17 |
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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.
Indopacetus pacificus Longman 1926 [tropical bottlenose whale]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Maldives | Indopacetus pacificus (80608) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Indopacetus pacificus (80606 80607) | |
| Holocene | Somalia | Indopacetus pacificus (80605) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | Indopacetus pacificus (168377) | |
| Holocene | Malaysia | Indopacetus pacificus (168380) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Indopacetus pacificus (80604 168379) | |
| Holocene | Mozambique | Indopacetus pacificus (168381) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Indopacetus pacificus (168378) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Indopacetus pacificus (168376) |