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Mesoplodon hectori

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Berardius hectori was named by Gray (1871). It is extant. Its type locality is Waitangi Beach, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand.

It was recombined as Paikea hectori by Oliver (1922); it was synonymized subjectively with Berardius arnuxii by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Mesoplodon hectori by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Moore (1968), Mead (1989), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Lambert and Louwye (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Berardius hectori Gray
1873Berardius hectori Gray p. 144
1873Mesoplodon knoxi Hector
1904Mesoplodon hectori Trouessart p. 778
1922Paikea hectori Oliver p. 575
1963Mesoplodon hectori Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1968Mesoplodon hectori Moore p. 277
1989Mesoplodon hectori Mead p. 361
1998Mesoplodon hectori Rice p. 89
2005Mesoplodon hectori Mead and Brownell p. 742
2008Mesoplodon hectori Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2016Mesoplodon hectori Lambert and Louwye

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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
specieshectori(Gray 1871)

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.

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Invalid names: Mesoplodon knoxi Hector 1873 [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: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

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 (North Island) Berardius hectori (86914)