†Megaptera brachychira Cope 1868 (humpback whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. [New cetaceans from the Miocene of Maryland]. The American Naturalist 2(3):166
Belongs to Megaptera according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1868, Ruschenberger and Tryon 1876 and Ruschenberger and Tyron 1879
Sister taxa: Megaptera (Eschrichtius), Megaptera hubachi, Megaptera mysticetoides, Megaptera novaeangliae
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megaptera brachychira in the database
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