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Berardius arnuxii (Arnoux's beaked whale)

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Berardius arnuxii was named by Duvernoy (1851). It is extant. Its type specimen is MNHN, a skull (skull). Its type locality is Akaroa, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand. It is the type species of Berardius.

It was corrected as Berardius arnuxi by Huxley (1864), Gray (1871), Gray (1873), Hershkovitz (1966), Moore (1968); it was corrected as Berardius arnouxi by Scheffer and Rice (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy p. 68
1864Berardius arnuxi Huxley p. 395
1866Berardius arnuxii Gray p. 348
1868Berardius arnuxi Gray p. 10
1871Berardius arnuxi Gray p. 99
1873Berardius arnuxi Gray p. 144
1873Berardius arnuxii Scott p. 118
1880Berardius arnuxii Van Beneden and Gervais p. 387
1904Berardius arnouxi Trouessart p. 778
1922Berardius arnuxii Oliver p. 567
1963Berardius arnouxi Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1966Berardius arnuxi Hershkovitz p. 123
1968Berardius arnuxi Moore p. 276
1991Berardius arnuxii Fordyce p. 1182
1998Berardius arnuxii Rice p. 86
2005Berardius arnuxii Mead and Brownell p. 739

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
subfamilyBerardiinae()
genusBerardius
speciesarnuxii

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.

Berardius arnuxii Duvernoy 1851 [Arnoux's beaked whale]
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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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Berardius arnuxii (168367)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Berardius arnuxii (168369)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Berardius arnuxii (168364)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Berardius arnuxii (168365 168366)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Berardius arnuxii (168368)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Berardius arnuxi (type locality: 86907)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Berardius arnuxii (168363)