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Mesoplodon densirostris

Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Delphinus densirostris Blainville p. 152
1839Mesodiodon densirostre Duvernoy
1846Ziphius sechellensis Gray p. 28
1850Ziphius sechellensis Gray p. 72
1859Dioplodon densirostris Gervais p. 289
1864Dioplodon densirostris Huxley p. 395
1866Dioplodon sechellensis Gray p. 355
1868Dioplodon sechellensis Gray p. 10
1870Ziphius densirostris Owen p. 34
1904Mesoplodon densirostris Trouessart p. 778
1963Mesoplodon densirostris Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1966Mesoplodon densirostris Hershkovitz p. 134
1968Mesoplodon (Dioplodon) densirostris Moore p. 278
1977Mesoplodon densirostris Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1989Mesoplodon densirostris Mead p. 356
1998Mesoplodon densirostris Rice p. 92
2005Mesoplodon densirostris Mead and Brownell p. 741
2008Mesoplodon densirostris Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2016Mesoplodon densirostris 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
speciesdensirostris()

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
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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Mesoplodon densirostris (83482)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Mesoplodon densirostris (68035 68036)