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Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Mesoplodon stejnegeri was named by True (1885). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 21112, a skull. Its type locality is Stare Gavan, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Mesoplodon stejnegeri True
1904Mesoplodon stejnegeri Trouessart p. 778
1963Mesoplodon stejnegeri Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1968Mesoplodon stejnegeri Moore p. 277
1977Mesoplodon stejnegeri Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1985Mesoplodon stejnegeri Loughlin and Perez p. 1
1989Mesoplodon stejnegeri Mead p. 361
1998Mesoplodon stejnegeri Rice p. 91
2005Mesoplodon stejnegeri Mead and Brownell p. 743
2008Mesoplodon stejnegeri Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2016Mesoplodon stejnegeri 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
speciesstejnegeriTrue 1885

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Mesoplodon stejnegeri (type locality: 86906)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Mesoplodon stejnegeri (82088)