Berardius minimus

Berardius minimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Odontoceti

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti

Familia: Ziphiidae
Subfamilia: Berardiinae
Genus: Berardius
Species: Berardius minimus

Name

Berardius minimus Yamada, Kitamura & Matsuishi in Yamada et al., 2019: 2

• Holotype: NSMT-M35131, adult ♂, skull, mandible, and most of postcranial skeleton.
• Type locality: “Tokoro Town (44°07′14.5N, 144°06′29.6E), Kitami City, Hokkaido, Japan, southern Okhotsk Sea, North Pacific”.

Native distribution areas

• North Pacific Ocean (between 40°N and 60°N, and 140°E and 160°W).

References

Primary references

• Yamada, T.K., Kitamura, S., Abe, S., Tajima, Y., Matsuda, A., Mead, J.G. & Matsuishi, T.F. 2019. Description of A New Species of Beaked Whale (Berardius) found in the North Pacific. Scientific Reports 9: 12723. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46703-w Reference page.