Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850

James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 349-364 : 362

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7155081

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scientific name

Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
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Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 3, 14: 16.

TYPE SPECIES: Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville, 1817 (= Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 ).

SYNONYMS: Aodon , Dioplodon , Dolichodon , Micropterus , Oulodon , Nodus , Paikea .

COMMENTS: Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 and Physeter bidens Sowerby were conserved; Nodus , Micropteron , and Mikropteron were suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (19856).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

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