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Dalei "Blainville" (= Heterodon dalei Lesson), Delphinorhynchus micropterus 

 G. Cuvier]. — Van Beneden and Gervais, 1880, Osteographie des 

 cetaces, p. 392, pi. 26 (skull) [taxonomic history; osteology]. 



Delphinus Sowerbyi [sic], Desmarest, 1822, Mammalogie, p. 521 [char- 

 acters]. 



Diodon Sowerbyi [sic], Lesson, 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buffon, 

 1 (Cetaces): 127 [new name for Physeter bidens Sowerby; characters]. 



Delphinorhynchus Sowerbyi [sic], Gray, 1846, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (1), 

 17: 84 [Synonyms: bidens Sowerby, micropterus Cuvier, dalei Lesson]. 



M[esodiodon] Sowerbyi [sic], Duvernoy, 1851, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, (3), 

 15: 69 [characters; classification]. 



Diodon Sowerbyi [sic] Bell, 1837, History of British quadrupeds, p. 497, 

 fig. (animal) [new name for Physeter bidens Sowerby; characters; 

 history]. 



Diodon sowerbi [sic], Hamilton, 1837, Jardine's Naturalist's Library, 

 Mammalia, 6 (whales): 192, pi. 12 (animal) [characters]. 



Delphinus sowerbi [sic], Eschricht, 1851, Kongl. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. 

 Skr., (5), 2: 40 (separate) [type skull in anatomical museum of 

 Oxford University]. 



J^iphius Sowerbiensis [sic], Gray, 1846, Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. 

 Erebus and Terror, 1 (Mammalia): 27, pi. 5, figs. 2-4 (skull) [char- 

 acters]; 1866, Cat. seals and whales Brit. Mus., p. 350, fig. 71 (skull) 

 [characters; taxonomic history]. 



Mesoplodon sowerbiensis, J. A. Allen, 1869, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1(8): 

 205 [N. Atlantic: U.S.A. (Nantucket Island, Massachusetts)]. 



Micropteron Sowerbiensis [sic], Van Beneden, 1868, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. 

 Belgique, 25: 120 [skin and skull of Heterodon dalei Lesson, in Paris 

 museum] . 



Delphinus Sowerbyensis [sic], Eschricht, 1852, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (2), 

 9: 290 [English translation of Danish original wherein the name is 

 spelled D. sowerbi (see above)]. 



Heterodon Dalei Lesson, 1827, Man. Mamm., p. 419 [N. Atlantic: France 

 (type locality: Le Havre); name based primarily on the description 

 of Blainville's "dauphin de Dale" erroneously regarded as identical 

 with the "bottle- head" of Dale, and Delphinus edentulus Schreber 

 (=Hyperoodon ampullatus) ; type skin and skull in Paris museum]. 



Aodon Dalei, Lesson, 1828, Complement des oeuvres de Buffon, 1 (Cetaces) : 

 155, pi. 3, fig. 1 ("dauphin de Dale," i.e., "du Havre" [characters]. 



Nodus Dalei, Gray, 1850, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus., Cetacea, p. 74 [name 

 in synonymy of Delphinorhynchus micropterus; name combination attrib- 

 uted to Wagler, 1830]. 



Delphinus micropterus G. Cuvier, 1829, Regne animal, ed. 2, 1: 288 

 [N. Atlantic: France (type locality: Le Havre); name based solely 



