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Archaebalaenoptera
Taxonomy
Archaebalaenoptera was named by Bisconti (2007). Its type is Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati.
It was assigned to Balaenopteridae by Bisconti (2007), Bisconti and Francou (2014), Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017), Bisconti et al. (2020) and Bisconti et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Balaenopteridae by Bisconti (2007), Bisconti and Francou (2014), Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017), Bisconti et al. (2020) and Bisconti et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti p. 1104 |
| 2014 | Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti and Francou p. 35 |
| 2015 | Archaebalaenoptera Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Archaebalaenoptera Gol'din and Steeman p. 13 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2015 | Archaebalaenoptera Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2016 | Archaebalaenoptera Marx et al. p. 114 |
| 2017 | Archaebalaenoptera Berta p. 168 |
| 2020 | Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti et al. p. 6 |
| 2022 | Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti 2007
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†Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti 2007
†Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi Bisconti et al. 2022
†Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis Bisconti et al. 2020
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Bisconti et al. 2020 | Supraoccipital with rounded anterior border and strong transverse constriction; posterior apex of nuchal crest triangular in dorsal view and directed posteriorly; supraoccipital horizontally bent approximately at mid-length; zygomatic process of squamosal projecting anterolaterally and with sharply defined supramastoid crest; interorbital region of the frontal with transversely rounded sides; posterolateral corner of exoccipital protruding posteriorly. | |
| M. Bisconti et al. 2022 | Supraoccipital with rounded anterior border and strong transverse constriction; posterior apex of nuchal crest triangular in dorsal view and directed pos- teriorly; supraoccipital horizontally bent approximately at mid-length; zygomatic process of squamosal projec- ting anterolaterally and with sharply defined supramas- toid crest; interorbital region of the frontal with transversely rounded sides; posterolateral corner of exoccipital protruding posteriorly (Bisconti et al. 2020b). |
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | Peru (Arequipa) | A. eusebioi (45485) | |
| Tortonian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | A. liesselensis (94930) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Piacenza) | A. castriarquati (187602) A. castriarquatii (187601) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | A. castriarquati (74929) |