Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Alternative combinations: Berardius arnouxi, Berardius arnuxi

Full reference: M. Duvernoy. 1851. Memoire sure les characteres osteologiques des genres nouveaus ou des especesnouvelles de cetaces vivants out fossiles. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 15:1-71

Belongs to Berardius according to J. G. Mead and R. L. Brownell 2005

Sister taxon: Berardius bairdii

Type specimen: MNHN, a skull (skull). Its type locality is Akaroa, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): skull 1180.0 x 610.0