Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Caracteres diagnosticos de cincuenta especies nuevas de mamiferos fosiles argentinos. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1(3):129-167
Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to A. Berta 2017
See also Ameghino 1891, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 1996, Kellogg 1928, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Agaphelinae, Archaebalaenoptera, Balaena affinis, Balaena definata, Balaena emarginata, Balaena gibbosa, Balaenoptera, Balaenoptera borealina, Balaenoptera musculoides, Balaenoptera portisii, Balaenoptera rostratella, Balaenoptera sibbaldina, Balaenoptera taiwanica, Balaenopterinae, Cetotheriophanes, Delphinus brachyspondylus, Diunatans, Eobalaenoptera, Eschrichtiinae, Fragilicetus, Hadrosaurus tripos, Incakujira, Marzanoptera, Megaptera, Megaptera affinis, Megapterinae, Megapteropsis robusta, Miobalaenoptera, Nehalaennia, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus
Subtaxa: Notiocetus platensis Notiocetus romerianus
Type: Notiocetus platensis
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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