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Indopacetus pacificus (tropical bottlenose whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplodon pacificus was named by Longman (1926) [Queensland Museum]. It is extant. Its type specimen is QM J. 2106. It is the type species of Indopacetus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyperoodon planifrons by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Indopacetus pacificus by Moore (1968), Dalebout et al. (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Ramassamy (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Mesoplodon pacificus Longman p. 269 figs. pl. 43
1963Mesoplodon pacificus Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1968Indopacetus pacificus Moore pp. 254-255
1989Mesoplodon pacificus Mead p. 351
2003Indopacetus pacificus Dalebout et al. p. 456
2005Indopacetus pacificus Mead and Brownell p. 740
2008Indopacetus pacificus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2016Indopacetus pacificus 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
genusIndopacetus
speciespacificus(Longman 1926)

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.

Indopacetus pacificus Longman 1926 [tropical bottlenose whale]
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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 (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Indopacetus pacificus (168378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Indopacetus pacificus (168376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Somalia Indopacetus pacificus (80605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia Indopacetus pacificus (168380)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Indopacetus pacificus (80604 168379)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Indopacetus pacificus (168377)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Indopacetus pacificus (80606 80607)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mozambique Indopacetus pacificus (168381)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Maldives Indopacetus pacificus (80608)