Talk:Orcinus meyeri

Requested move 24 February 2019

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Nominator blocked by a CheckUser. (non-admin closure) samee  converse  08:56, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Orcinus meyeri → Orcopsis – Brandt (1873) intended Orca meyeri as a replacement name for Delphinus acutidens because he found the species epithet acutidens inappropriate (https://books.google.com/books?id=wbpeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA227&dq=orca+meyeri&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm5-ujx9PgAhX_IDQIHe7nBRUQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=orca%20meyeri&f=false). Also, Delphinus acutidens was made the type species of the new genus Orcopsis by van Beneden in 1876 (https://books.google.com/books?id=IBS1oGpcJ58C&pg=RA1-PA478&dq=orcopsis&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSzdqqx9PgAhUpHzQIHYNuBdcQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=orcopsis&f=false). Hence, Orca semseyi is a junior objective synonym of Delphinus acutidens, and Orcopsis is the technically correct genus name for D. acutidens. 68.4.252.105 (talk) 04:50, 24 February 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. X ain36  { talk } 06:05, 3 March 2019 (UTC)


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species status
Nice to find this was expanded. I removed the term contentious from the lead, it is not clear who says that. FWIW, fossilworks lists the species as accepted. or not invalid, pardon if I missed where it is established the taxonomy is uncertain ~ cygnis insignis 07:02, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Oh, I see that the fossilworks entry at Physeterula dubusi Van Beneden 1877 (sperm whale) refers to two type specimens, one in Belgium and the material here, "Delphinus acutidens: Its type locality is Stockach, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Germany." The authority is "Belongs to Physeterula according to J. Velez-Juarbe et al. 2015", which I will look at. ~ cygnis insignis 07:13, 10 February 2022 (UTC)