Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: Y. Tanaka and M. Watanabe. 2019. An early and new member of Balaenopteridae from the upper Miocene of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to Y. Tanaka et al. 2020
See also Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
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, Incakujira, Marzanoptera, Megaptera, Megaptera affinis, Megapterinae, Megapteropsis robusta, Nehalaennia, Notiocetus, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus
Subtaxa: Miobalaenoptera numataensis
Type: Miobalaenoptera numataensis
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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