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Balaenoptera sursiplana

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Balaenoptera sursiplana was named by Cope (1895) [No particular locality information is given besides "Yorktown formation of Maryland."]. Its type specimen is USNM 9347, a partial skull (auditory bulla), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Balaenoptera sursiplana Cope pp. 151-152
1898Balaenoptera sursiplana Trouessart p. 1077
1902Balaenoptera sursiplana Hay p. 600
1904Balaenoptera sursiplana Case p. 54
1904Balaenoptera sursiplana Trouessart p. 782
1916Balaenoptera sursiplana Allen p. 282
1930Balaenoptera sursiplana Hay p. 575
1938Balaenoptera sursiplana Abel p. 8
2007Balaenoptera sursiplana Bisconti p. 1111

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

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.

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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: suspension feederf
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Pleistocene15.97 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Balaenoptera sursiplana (77694)