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Taxonomy
Mesoplodon stejnegeri was named by True (1885). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 21112, a skull. Its type locality is Stare Gavan, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the Russian Federation.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri True |
| 1904 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Trouessart p. 778 |
| 1963 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Scheffer and Rice p. 8 |
| 1968 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Moore p. 277 |
| 1977 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1 |
| 1985 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Loughlin and Perez p. 1 |
| 1989 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Mead p. 361 |
| 1998 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Rice p. 91 |
| 2005 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Mead and Brownell p. 743 |
| 2008 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2016 | Mesoplodon stejnegeri Lambert and Louwye |
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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.
Mesoplodon stejnegeri True 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||