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Mesoplodon perrini

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplodon perrini was named by Dalebout et al. (2002). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 504853, a skeleton. Its type locality is Carlsbad, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Mesoplodon perrini Dalebout et al. p. 583 figs. Fig. 6-10
2005Mesoplodon perrini Mead and Brownell p. 742
2016Mesoplodon perrini Lambert and Louwye
2016Mesoplodon perrini 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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
Amblyoccipita
Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
subfamilyHyperoodontinae
genusMesoplodon
speciesperrini

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 perrini Dalebout et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available