Pseudorca crassidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Delphinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Cladus: Delphinida Superfamilia: Delphinoidea

Familia: Delphinidae
Genus: Pseudorca
Species: Pseudorca crassidens

Name

Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846)

Type locality: UK, England, "in the great fen of Lincolnshire beneath the turf, in the neighborhood of the ancient town of Stamford". (subfossil).

Synonyms

Phocaena crassidens Owen, 1846
Orca meridionalis Flower, 1864
Pseudorca meridionalis (Flower, 1865)
Orca destructor Cope, 1866
Globicephalus grayi Burmeister, 1869
Pseudorca? meditarranea Giglioli, 1882

References

Owen, R. A. 1846. A history of British fossil mammals and birds. London, p. 516, fig. 213.
Flower, W. H. 1864. On a new species of grampus (Orca meridionalis) from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1864: 420.
Owen, E. D. 1866. Third contribution to the history of the Balaenidae and Delphinidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1866: 293.
Burmeister, H. 1869. Descripcion de cuatro especies de Delphinides. Anales Museo Publico Buenos Aires, 1: 367.
Giglioli, H. 1882. Note intorno un nuovo Cetaceo nel Mediterraneo da riferirsi probabilmente al genere Pseudorca. Zoolgischer Anzeiger, 5 (112): 288–289.
Stacey, P. J., Leatherwood S., and R. W. Baird, 1994. Pseudorca crassidens. Mammalian Species, 456: 1–6.

Links

Pseudorca crassidens in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) (Data Deficient)
Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Pseudorca crassidens

Vernacular names

dansk: Halvspækhugger
Deutsch: Kleiner Schwertwal
English: False killer whale
español: Falsa orca
suomi: Pikkumiekkavalas
français: Fausse orque
magyar: Kis kardszárnyúdelfin
日本語: オキゴンドウ
polski: Orka karłowata
português: Falsa-orca
ไทย: วาฬเพชฌฆาตแปลง, วาฬเพชฌฆาตเทียม, วาฬเพชฌฆาตดำ, โลมาเพชฌฆาตแปลง
Türkçe: Yalancı katil balina
中文: 伪虎鲸

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