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Micropteron Eschricht, 1849 
AphiaID: 383510

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Odontoceti (Superfamily) > Ziphiidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
Rank Genus
Parent Ziphiidae Gray, 1850
Source Not documented
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Species Micropteron bidens Malm, 1871 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Species Micropteron sowerbiensis Van Beneden, 1868 accepted as Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:383510
Taxonomic
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2009-03-04 10:50:54Z  created  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Micropteron Eschricht, 1849. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=383510 on 2013-05-19
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