Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Mesoplodon traversii

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Dolichodon traversii was named by Gray (1874). It is extant. Its type specimen is NMNZ 546, a skull.

It was recombined as Mesoplodon traversii by van Helden et al. (2002), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Lambert and Louwye (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Dolichodon traversii Gray p. 93
1996Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes et al.
1998Mesoplodon bahamondi Rice p. 91
2002Mesoplodon traversii van Helden et al. p. 615
2005Mesoplodon traversii Mead and Brownell p. 743
2008Mesoplodon traversii Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. FIg. 5
2016Mesoplodon traversii Lambert and Louwye

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
speciestraversii(Gray 1874)

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.

show all | hide all
Invalid names: Mesoplodon bahamondi Reyes et al. 1996 [synonym]
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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Mesoplodon traversii (230218)