Cetacea taxon details

Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) Moore, 1968 
AphiaID: 254989

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Cetartiodactyla > Cetancodonta > Cetacea > Odontoceti > Ziphiidae > Hyperoodon
Status accepted
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Rank Subgenus
Parent Hyperoodon Lacépède, 1804
Sources  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

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Species Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower, 1882 represented as Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254989
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Date   action   by
2007-12-24 20:10:49Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) Moore, 1968. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/cetacea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254989 on 2013-05-19