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Neobalaeninae (pygmy right whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Neobalaenidae Miller p. 40
1985Neobalaenidae Barnes et al. p. 26
1989Neobalaenidae Mitchell p. 2232
1991Neoballaenidae Nowak
1994Neobalaenidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1
1995Neobalaenidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1998Neobalaenidae Rice
2001Neobalaenidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176
2002Neobalaenidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2002Neobalaenidae Sanders and Barnes p. 353
2003Neobalaenidae Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1
2003Neobalaenidae Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2005Neobalaenidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2005Neobalaenidae Mead and Brownell p. 726
2006Neobalaenidae Bouetel and Muizon p. 387
2007Neobalaenidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2007Neobalaenidae Steeman p. 880
2008Neobalaenidae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3
2008Neobalaenidae Bisconti p. 173 figs. Figure 10
2009Neobalaenidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2011Neobalaenidae Geisler et al. p. 132
2012Neobalaenidae Bisconti p. 879
2012Neobalaenidae Churchill et al. p. 12
2013Neobalaeninae Fordyce and Marx p. 4
2014Neobalaenidae Bisconti figs. Figure 4
2015Neobalaenidae Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1
2015Neobalaenidae Gol'din and Steeman p. 12
2015Neobalaeninae Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2015Neobalaeninae Tsai and Fordyce p. 2 figs. Figure 1
2016Neobalaeninae Marx et al. p. 22 figs. Figure 10
2017Neobalaenidae Berta p. 167
2017Neobalaenidae Goldin and Startsev figs. Fig. 10
2018Neobalaenidae Gol'din p. 23 figs. Fig. 14
2018Neobalaeninae Marx et al. p. 2
2023Neobalaeninae Govender and Marx p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
familyCetotheriidae()
subfamilyNeobalaeninae()
subfamilyNeobalaeninae()

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.

Subfm. Neobalaeninae Miller 1923 [pygmy right whale]
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G. Caperea Gray 1864
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Caperea marginata Gray 1846 [pygmy right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena (Caperea) antipodarum Gray 1864 [synonym]
Invalid names: Neobalaena Gray 1870 [synonym]
G. †Miocaperea Bisconti 2012
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Miocaperea pulchra Bisconti 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Caperea sp. (230126)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru (Arequipa) Miocaperea pulchra (45485)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Angola Neobalaenidae indet. (120143)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Neobalaenidae indet., Caperea sp. (46167)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Sicily) Caperea sp. (189318)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Caperea sp. (189317)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile Caperea marginata (167975)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Caperea marginata (167978)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica (Western Australia) Caperea marginata (167979)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Caperea marginata (167976)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Caperea marginata (71937 167977)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Tasmania) Caperea marginata (71934 71938 71940)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand Caperea marginata (71935 71939)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Caperea marginata (71936)