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Taxonomy
Delphinus densirostris was named by Blainville (1817) [Type locality unknown (Hershkovitz, 1966).]. It is extant. Its type specimen is MNHM unnumbered specimen, a maxilla (rostrum). Its type locality is Oiso Beach, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Japan.
It was recombined as Mesodiodon densirostre by Duvernoy (1839); it was recombined as Dioplodon densirostris by Gervais (1859) and Huxley (1864); it was recombined as Ziphius densirostris by Owen (1870); it was recombined as Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) densirostris by Moore (1968); it was recombined as Mesoplodon densirostris by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Barnes (1977), Mead (1989), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Lambert and Louwye (2016).
It was recombined as Mesodiodon densirostre by Duvernoy (1839); it was recombined as Dioplodon densirostris by Gervais (1859) and Huxley (1864); it was recombined as Ziphius densirostris by Owen (1870); it was recombined as Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) densirostris by Moore (1968); it was recombined as Mesoplodon densirostris by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Barnes (1977), Mead (1989), Rice (1998), 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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1817 | Delphinus densirostris Blainville p. 152 |
1839 | Mesodiodon densirostre Duvernoy |
1846 | Ziphius sechellensis Gray p. 28 |
1850 | Ziphius sechellensis Gray p. 72 |
1859 | Dioplodon densirostris Gervais p. 289 |
1864 | Dioplodon densirostris Huxley p. 395 |
1866 | Dioplodon sechellensis Gray p. 355 |
1868 | Dioplodon sechellensis Gray p. 10 |
1870 | Ziphius densirostris Owen p. 34 |
1904 | Mesoplodon densirostris Trouessart p. 778 |
1963 | Mesoplodon densirostris Scheffer and Rice p. 8 |
1966 | Mesoplodon densirostris Hershkovitz p. 134 |
1968 | Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) densirostris Moore p. 278 |
1977 | Mesoplodon densirostris Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1 |
1989 | Mesoplodon densirostris Mead p. 356 |
1998 | Mesoplodon densirostris Rice p. 92 |
2005 | Mesoplodon densirostris Mead and Brownell p. 741 |
2008 | Mesoplodon densirostris Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
2016 | Mesoplodon densirostris 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 densirostris Blainville 1817
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Invalid names: Ziphius seychellensis Gray 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 |