Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti 2007 (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5):1103-1122

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Bisconti et al. 2022

See also Berta 2017, Bisconti 2007, Bisconti and Francou 2014, Bisconti et al. 2020, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Marx and Fordyce 2015 and Marx et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Agaphelinae, Balaena affinis, Balaena definata, Balaena emarginata, Balaena gibbosa, Balaenoptera, Balaenoptera borealina, Balaenoptera musculoides, Balaenoptera portisii, Balaenoptera rostratella, Balaenoptera sibbaldina, Balaenoptera taiwanica, Balaenopterinae, Cetotheriophanes, Delphinus brachyspondylus, Diunatans, Eobalaenoptera, Eschrichtiinae, Fragilicetus, Hadrosaurus tripos, Incakujira, Marzanoptera, Megaptera, Megaptera affinis, Megapterinae, Megapteropsis robusta, Miobalaenoptera, Nehalaennia, Notiocetus, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus

Subtaxa: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis

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Type: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (3 collections)

• Miocene of the Netherlands (1), Peru (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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