Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae

Belongs to Mesoplodon according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

Sister taxa: Mesoplodon bidens, Mesoplodon bowdoini, 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 traversii, Mesoplodon tumidirostris

Type specimen: USNM 21112, a skull. Its type locality is Stare Gavan, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): humerus length 132.5, scapula length 120.0

Estimated body mass: 801.5 kg based on humerus length