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Taxonomy
Maiabalaena was named by Peredo et al. (2018). Its type is Maiabalaena nesbittae.
It was assigned to Mysticeti by Peredo et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Mysticeti by Peredo et al. (2018).
Species
M. nesbittae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Maiabalaena Peredo et al. p. 1 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. M. Peredo et al. 2018 | Maiabalaena nesbittae is diagnosed by the following combination of character states: frontal-parietal sutures that converge posteriorly with the frontals penetrating between the parietals; apex of the occipital shield represents the dorsally highest part of the cranium; supramastoid crest extending past the posterior margin of the temporal fossa but not to the distal tip of the zygomatic process; length of the squamosal fossa is less than three-fourths the length of the temporal fossa; triangular coronoid process of the mandible that is anteroposteriorly longer than it is dorsoventrally tall; and a spear shaped distal mandib- ular terminus in lateral view. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Uhen 2004 | |||||