Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Full reference: N. Miyazaki and Y. Hasegawa. 1992. A new species of fossil beaked whale, Mesoplodon tumidirostris sp. nov. (Cetacea, Ziphiidae) from the central North Pacific. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A 18(4):167-174
Belongs to Mesoplodon according to N. Miyazaki and Y. Hasegawa 1992
Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon bononiensis, Mesoplodon bowdoini, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon danconae, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon eueu, Mesoplodon europaeus, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Mesoplodon grayi, Mesoplodon hectori, Mesoplodon hotaula, Mesoplodon lawleyi, Mesoplodon layardii, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon medilineatus, Mesoplodon meneghinii, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon perrini, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon posti, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Ziphius gibbus, Ziphius tenuirostris, Ziphius (Dolichodon) geelongensis
Type specimen: NSM-PV 19732, a partial skull (rostral fragment). Its type locality is Emperor Seamounts/Midway Island trawl 1, which is in a Neogene marine horizon in Japan.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Neogene of Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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