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Taxonomy
Dioplodon europaeus was named by Gervais (1852). It is extant.
It was replaced with Dioplodon gervaisi by Dslongchamps (1866); it was recombined as Mesoplodon europaeus by Flower (1878), Trouessart (1904), Sherman (1952), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Moore (1968), Mead (1989), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Norman and Mead (2001), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Lambert and Louwye (2016).
It was replaced with Dioplodon gervaisi by Dslongchamps (1866); it was recombined as Mesoplodon europaeus by Flower (1878), Trouessart (1904), Sherman (1952), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Moore (1968), Mead (1989), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Norman and Mead (2001), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Lambert and Louwye (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1852 | Dioplodon europaeus Gervais |
1859 | Dioplodon europaeus Gervais p. 289 |
1864 | Dioplodon europaeus Huxley p. 395 |
1866 | Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps |
1866 | Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps |
1878 | Mesoplodon europaeus Flower p. 416 |
1904 | Mesoplodon europaeus Trouessart p. 777 |
1952 | Mesoplodon europaeus Sherman p. 99 |
1963 | Mesoplodon europaeus Scheffer and Rice p. 8 |
1966 | Mesoplodon europaeus Hershkovitz p. 129 |
1968 | Mesoplodon europaeus Moore p. 277 |
1989 | Mesoplodon europaeus Mead p. 357 |
1991 | Mesoplodon europaeus Vidal p. 5 |
1998 | Mesoplodon europaeus Rice p. 90 |
2001 | Mesoplodon europaeus Norman and Mead |
2005 | Mesoplodon europaeus Mead and Brownell p. 741 |
2008 | Mesoplodon europaeus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
2016 | Mesoplodon europaeus Lambert and Louwye |
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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 europaeus Gervais 1852
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Invalid names: Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym], Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 |