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Taxonomy
Berardius arnuxii was named by Duvernoy (1851). It is extant. Its type specimen is MNHN, a skull (skull). Its type locality is Akaroa, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Berardius.
It was corrected as Berardius arnuxi by Huxley (1864), Gray (1873), Hershkovitz (1966) and Moore (1968); it was corrected as Berardius arnouxi by Scheffer and Rice (1963).
It was corrected as Berardius arnuxi by Huxley (1864), Gray (1873), Hershkovitz (1966) and Moore (1968); it was corrected as Berardius arnouxi by Scheffer and Rice (1963).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1851 | Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy p. 68 |
| 1864 | Berardius arnuxi Huxley p. 395 |
| 1866 | Berardius arnuxii Gray p. 348 |
| 1868 | Berardius arnuxi Gray p. 10 |
| 1873 | Berardius arnuxi Gray p. 144 |
| 1880 | Berardius arnuxii Van Beneden and Gervais p. 387 |
| 1904 | Berardius arnouxi Trouessart p. 778 |
| 1922 | Berardius arnuxii Oliver p. 567 |
| 1963 | Berardius arnouxi Scheffer and Rice p. 8 |
| 1966 | Berardius arnuxi Hershkovitz p. 123 |
| 1968 | Berardius arnuxi Moore p. 276 |
| 1991 | Berardius arnuxii Fordyce p. 1182 |
| 1998 | Berardius arnuxii Rice p. 86 |
| 2005 | Berardius arnuxii Mead and Brownell p. 739 |
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Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy 1851 [Arnoux's beaked whale]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available