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Cephalorhynchus hectori

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Taxonomy
Electra hectori was named by Van Beneden (1881) [MRHNB = Museum Royal d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels]. It is extant. Its type specimen is MRHNB unnumbered specimen, a skeleton (skin and skeleton).

It was recombined as Cephalorhynchus hectori by Trouessart (1904), Oliver (1922), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Rice (1998), Mead and Brownell (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Perrin et al. (2013) and Jefferson (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Electra clancula Hector p. 160 figs. Plates 1 & 3
1881Electra hectori Van Beneden p. 877
1889Cephalorhynchus albifrons True
1904Cephalorhynchus hectori Trouessart p. 768
1904Cephalorhynchus hectori albifrons Trouessart p. 768
1912Cephalorhynchus albifrons Turner p. 107
1922Cephalorhynchus hectori Oliver p. 580
1963Cephalorhynchus hectori Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966Cephalorhynchus hectori Hershkovitz p. 75
1998Cephalorhynchus hectori Rice p. 102
2002Cephalorhynchus maui Baker et al.
2005Cephalorhynchus hectori Mead and Brownell p. 727
2008Cephalorhynchus hectori Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 2
2013Cephalorhynchus hectori Perrin et al. p. 571 figs. Table 1
2021Cephalorhynchus hectori Jefferson p. 54

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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
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyDelphinoidea
familyDelphinidae
subfamilyLissodelphininae()
genusCephalorhynchusGray 1846
specieshectori(Van Beneden 1881)

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.

Cephalorhynchus hectori Van Beneden 1881
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Invalid names: Cephalorhynchus albifrons True 1889 [synonym], Cephalorhynchus maui Baker et al. 2002 [synonym], Electra clancula Hector 1873 [replaced]
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 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

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 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Cephalorhynchus hectori (230220)