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Eobalaenoptera harrisoni

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Eobalaenoptera harrisoni was named by Dooley et al. (2004). Its type specimen is VMNH 742, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carmel Church Quarry, which is in a Serravallian estuary/bay conglomerate/claystone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Eobalaenoptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Eobalaenoptera harrisoni Dooley et al. p. 455 figs. Fig. 2-8
2005Eobalaenoptera harrisoni Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2008Eobalaenoptera harrisoni Uhen et al. p. 620

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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
genusEobalaenoptera
speciesharrisoni

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.

Eobalaenoptera harrisoni Dooley et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available