Incakujira Marx and Kohno 2016 (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: F. G. Marx and N. Kohno. 2016. A new Miocene baleen whale from the Peruvian desert. Royal Society Open Science 3(10):160542

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to F. G. Marx and N. Kohno 2016

See also Berta 2017 and Kimura and Hasegawa 2024

Sister taxa: Agaphelinae, Archaebalaenoptera, 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, Marzanoptera, Megaptera, Megaptera affinis, Megapterinae, Megapteropsis robusta, Miobalaenoptera, Nehalaennia, Notiocetus, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus

Subtaxa: Incakujira anillodefuego Incakujira fordycei

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Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), Peru (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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