Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Belongs to Mesoplodon according to P. Hershkovitz 1966

Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, Mesoplodon densirostris, Mesoplodon europaeus, Mesoplodon ginkgodens, Mesoplodon grayi, Mesoplodon hectori, Mesoplodon layardii, Mesoplodon longirostris, Mesoplodon mirus, Mesoplodon perrini, Mesoplodon peruvianus, Mesoplodon slangkopi, Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Mesoplodon traversii, Mesoplodon tumidirostris

Type specimen: AMNH 35027, a skeleton. Its type locality is Brighton Beach, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): skull 800.0 x 376.0