Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Alternative combinations: Balaenoptera davidsoni, Cetotherium davidsonii, Eschrichtius davidsonii
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. On an extinct whale from California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1872:29-30
Belongs to Balaenoptera according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008
See also Barnes and McLeod 1984, Cope 1872, Cope 1890, Cope 1896, Deméré 1986, Deméré et al. 2005, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Mead and Brownell 2005 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Balaenoptera andrejewi, Balaenoptera bonaerensis, Balaenoptera borealis, Balaenoptera brydei, Balaenoptera cephalus, Balaenoptera edeni, Balaenoptera fasciata, Balaenoptera grimmi, Balaenoptera musculus, Balaenoptera omurai, Balaenoptera physalus, Balaenoptera ricei, Balaenoptera ryani, Balaenoptera siberi, Balaenoptera sursiplana
Type specimen: ANSP 12922, a mandible (partial left dentary). Its type locality is Cabrillo Canyon, which is in a Piacenzian offshore shelf horizon in the San Diego Formation of California.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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