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Mesoplodon bowdoini

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplodon bowdoini was named by Andrews (1908). It is extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 35027, a skeleton. Its type locality is Brighton Beach, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews p. 24
1922Mesoplodon bowdoini Oliver p. 569
1966Mesoplodon bowdoini Hershkovitz p. 136
1968Mesoplodon bowdoini Moore p. 277
1989Mesoplodon bowdoini Mead p. 363
1998Mesoplodon bowdoini Rice p. 90
2005Mesoplodon bowdoini Mead and Brownell p. 741
2016Mesoplodon bowdoini Lambert and Louwye

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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
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
—Vomeroziphii
subfamilyHyperoodontinae
genusMesoplodon
speciesbowdoiniAndrews 1908

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.

Mesoplodon bowdoini Andrews 1908
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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: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Mesoplodon bowdoini (type locality: 86919)