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Mesoplodon europaeus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Taxonomy
Dioplodon europaeus was named by Gervais (1852). It is extant.

It was replaced with Dioplodon gervaisi by Dslongchamps (1866); it was recombined as Neoziphius europaeus by Gray (1871); it was recombined as Mesoplodon europaeus by Flower (1878), Trouessart (1904), Sherman (1952), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Moore (1968), Mead (1989), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Norman and Mead (2001), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Lambert and Louwye (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. longirostris

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Dioplodon europaeus Gervais
1859Dioplodon europaeus Gervais p. 289
1864Dioplodon europaeus Huxley p. 395
1866Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps
1866Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps
1871Neoziphius europaeus Gray p. 101
1878Mesoplodon europaeus Flower p. 416
1904Mesoplodon europaeus Trouessart p. 777
1952Mesoplodon europaeus Sherman p. 99
1963Mesoplodon europaeus Scheffer and Rice p. 8
1966Mesoplodon europaeus Hershkovitz p. 129
1968Mesoplodon europaeus Moore p. 277
1989Mesoplodon europaeus Mead p. 357
1991Mesoplodon europaeus Vidal p. 5
1998Mesoplodon europaeus Rice p. 90
2001Mesoplodon europaeus Norman and Mead
2005Mesoplodon europaeus Mead and Brownell p. 741
2008Mesoplodon europaeus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2016Mesoplodon europaeus Lambert and Louwye

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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
—Cladotheria
RankNameAuthor
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familyZiphiidae
—Vomeroziphii
subfamilyHyperoodontinae
genusMesoplodon
specieseuropaeus(Gervais 1852)

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 europaeus Gervais 1852
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Invalid names: Dioplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [synonym], Mesoplodon gervaisi Deslongchamps 1866 [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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain (Canary Islands) Mesoplodon europaeus (230214)