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Berardius bairdii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Berardius bairdii was named by Stejneger (1883). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 20992, a skull. Its type locality is Stare Gavan, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was corrected as Berardius bairdi by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966) and Moore (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Berardius bairdii Stejneger
1904Berardius bairdi Trouessart p. 779
1963Berardius bairdi Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1966Berardius bairdi Hershkovitz p. 124
1968Berardius bairdi Moore p. 276
1977Berardius bairdii Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1991Berardius bairdii Vidal p. 5
2005Berardius bairdii Mead and Brownell p. 739
2008Berardius bairdii Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2016Berardius bairdii Ramassamy p. 398 figs. Figure 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
subfamilyBerardiinae()
genusBerardius
speciesbairdiiStejneger 1883

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.

Berardius bairdii Stejneger 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Berardius bairdii (82088 168371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Berardius bairdii (type locality: 86906)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California) Berardius bairdii (201786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Berardius bairdii (168370)