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GENUS Mesoplodon

Author:Gervais, 1850.
Citation:Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 3, 14: 16.
Type Species:Delphinus sowerbensis de Blainville, 1817 (= Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804).
Comments:Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850 and Physeter bidens Sowerby, 1804 were conserved; Nodus, Micropteron, and Mikropteron were suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1985b).
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Synonyms:

    Aodon Lesson, 1828
    Dioplodon Gervais, 1850
    Dolichodon Gray, 1866
    Micropteron Eschricht, 1849
    Micropterus Wagner, 1846
    Mikropteron Hershkovitz, 1961
    Oulodon von Haast, 1876
    Nodus Wagler, 1830
    Paikea Oliver, 1922

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