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Balaenopteridae (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Balaenopteridae was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Balaenidae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Balaenoidea by Flower (1865); to Mysticete by Gray (1866), Gill (1871) and Gill (1872); to Mysticete by Gray (1864) and Gill (1873); to Balaenoidorum by Brandt (1874); to Balaenoidae by Hay (1930); to Mystacoceti by Flower (1867), Flores (1895), Weber (1904), Jaekel (1911), Turner (1912), Abel (1914), Abel (1919), Zittel (1925), Weber (1928), Van Deinse (1931) and Riabinin (1934); to Cetacea by Nowak (1991); to Mysticeti by Miller (1923), Kellogg (1928), Dal Piaz (1929), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Baird and Horner (1979), Whitmore (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Deméré (1986), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bergqvist et al. (1999), Clapham and Mead (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Fordyce (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bisconti (2007), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008) and Fordyce and Roberts (2009); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006) and Bosselaers and Post (2010); to Chaeomysticeti by Rice (1998) and Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Balaenopteroidea by Gray (1868), Mitchell (1989), Sanders and Barnes (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Gingerich (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Steeman (2007), Rice (2009), Steeman (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Ekdale et al. (2011), Bisconti (2014), Bisconti and Bosselaers (2016) and Marx et al. (2016); to Balaenopteroidea by Marx and Kohno (2016) and Berta (2017); to Mysticeti by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Canto et al. (2010) and Tanaka and Watanabe (2019); and to Thalassotherii by Bisconti et al. (2013), Bisconti et al. (2019), Bisconti and Bosselaers (2020), Bisconti et al. (2020) and Bisconti et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Balaena gibbosa Owen p. 283
1843Balaena affinis Owen p. 285 figs. unnumbered text figure
1843Balaena definata Owen p. 285
1843Balaena emarginata Owen p. 286
1844Balaena definata Owen
1859Plesiocetus garopii Van Beneden
1864Balaenopteridae Gray
1865Balaenopteridae Flower p. 391
1865Palaeocetidae Seeley p. 57
1866Balaenopteridae Gray p. 61
1867Balaenopteridae Flower p. 115
1868Balaenopteridae Gray p. 3
1869Hadrosaurus tripos Cope p. 192
1870Hadrosaurus tripos Cope
1870Hadrosaurus tripos Leidy p. 68
1871Hadrosaurus tripos Cope pp. 50-51
1871Balaenopteridae Gill p. 124
1872Balaenopteridae Gill p. 97
1872Megapteropsis robusta Van Beneden p. 15
1872Plesiocetus garopii Van Beneden p. 415
1873Delphinus brachyspondylus Brandt p. 258
1873Balaenopteridae Gill p. 27
1874Balaenopteridae Brandt p. I
1874Balaenodon emarginatus Brandt p. 11
1874Macrochirifer vindobonensis Brandt p. 27
1874Megapteropsis robusta Vanden Broeck p. 198
1875Hadrosaurus tripos Cope p. 40
1878Hadrosaurus tripos Cope p. 129
1880Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden
1880Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden p. 14
1880Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden pp. 15-16
1880Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden p. 15
1880Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden p. 16
1880Megaptera affinis Van Beneden p. 3913
1882Megaptera affinis Van Beneden p. 39 figs. Plates 40 & 48
1882Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden p. 63
1882Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden p. 65
1882Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden p. 71
1887Balaenoptera definita Lydekker p. 11 figs. Plate 2, Fig. 3a
1887Balaenoptera rostratella Lydekker p. 12
1887Balaena affinis Lydekker p. 16
1887Balaenoptera definata Lydekker p. 34
1887Balaenoptera goropi Lydekker p. 36
1887Balaenoptera borealina Lydekker p. 39
1887Balaenoptera emarginata Lydekker p. 40
1890Balaenoptera cortesii portisii Sacco p. 8
1891Balaena affinis Newton p. 58
1891Megaptera affinis Newton p. 60
1891Balaenoptera definita Newton p. 61
1891Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) goropi Newton p. 62
1891Balaenoptera borealina Newton p. 62
1891Balaenoptera emarginata Newton p. 62
1894Macrochirifer brachyspondylus Zittel p. 173
1895Balaenopteridae Flores p. 13
1895Plesiocetus goropii Flores p. 13
1895Balaenoptera musculoides Flores p. 14
1898Macrochirifer vindobonensis Trouessart p. 1021
1898Plesiocetus garopii Trouessart p. 1073
1898Balaenoptera emarginata Trouessart p. 1077
1898Balaenoptera musculoides Trouessart p. 1080
1898Balaenoptera definita Trouessart p. 1082
1898Megaptera affinis Trouessart p. 1084
1898Megaptera robusta Trouessart p. 1084
1898Balaena affinis Trouessart p. 1092
1900Hadrosaurus tripos Nopcsa p. 557
1901Megapteropsis robusta Abel p. 42
1901Hadrosaurus tripos Nopcsa p. 212
1902Trachodon tripos Hay p. 504
1902Balaena affinis Hay p. 601
1904Balaena affinis Case p. 55
1904Macrochirifer vindobonensis Trouessart p. 760
1904Balaenoptera emarginata Trouessart p. 782
1904Balaenoptera emarginata rostratella Trouessart p. 782
1904Balaenoptera goropii Trouessart p. 782
1904Balaenoptera definata Trouessart p. 784
1904Balaenoptera definata sibbaldina Trouessart p. 784
1904Balaenoptera musculoides Trouessart p. 784
1904Megaptera affinis Trouessart p. 785
1904Balaena affinis Trouessart p. 787
1904Balaenopteridae Weber p. 575
1911Balaenopteridae Jaekel p. 232
1912Balaenopteridae Turner p. 31
1914Balaenopteridae Abel p. 221
1919Balaenopteridae Abel p. 753
1923Balaenopteridae Miller p. 40
1925Balaenopteridae Zittel p. 87
1927Trachodon tripos Huene p. 264
1928Balaenopteridae Kellogg p. 35 figs. Table 1
1928Balaenopteridae Weber p. 389
1929Balaenopteridae Dal Piaz p. 86
1930Hadrosaurus tripos Hay p. 209
1930Balaenopteridae Hay p. 573
1930Balaena affinis Hay p. 578
1931Plesiocetus garopii Kellogg p. 312
1931Balaenopteridae Van Deinse p. 33
1934Balaenopteridae Riabinin p. 4
1935Balaenoptera musculoides Van Deinse p. 298
1937Mesocetus brachyspondylus Pia p. 396
1945Balaenopteridae Simpson p. 105
1950Trachodon tripos Richards p. 7
1951Balaenopteridae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 714
1960Balaenopteridae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963Balaenopteridae Scheffer and Rice p. 9
1964Hadrosaurus tripos Kuhn p. 20
1966Balaenoptera taiwanica Huang
1979Balaenopteridae Baird and Horner p. 19
1984Balaenopteridae Whitmore p. 230
1985Balaenopteridae Barnes et al. p. 26
1986Balaenopteridae Deméré p. 280
1986Balaenoptera borealina Deméré p. 290
1986Balaenoptera garopii Deméré p. 290
1986Balaenoptera rostratella Deméré p. 290
1988Balaenopteridae Carroll
1989Balaenopteridae Mitchell p. 2232
1991Balaenopteridae Nowak
1991Balaenopteridae Vidal p. 6
1993Balaenopteridae Benton p. 762
1993Balaena affinis McLeod et al. p. 55
1994Balaenopteridae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1
1995Balaenopteridae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1997Balaenopteridae McKenna and Bell p. 377
1998Balaenopteridae Rice
1999Balaenopteridae Bergqvist et al. p. 31
1999Balaenopteridae Clapham and Mead p. 1
2001Balaenopteridae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176
2002Balaenopteridae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2002Balaenopteridae Sanders and Barnes p. 353
2003Balaenopteridae Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1
2003Balaenopteridae Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2005Balaenoptera borealina Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2005Balaenoptera rostratella Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2005Balaenoptera sibbaldina Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2005Megapteropsis robusta Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2005Plesiocetus garopii Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2005Balaenopteridae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2005Balaenopteridae Mead and Brownell p. 724
2006Balaenopteridae Bouetel and Muizon p. 386
2007Balaenopteridae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2007Balaenopteridae Bisconti p. 89
2007Balaenopteridae Steeman p. 880
2008Balaenopteridae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. FIg. 4.3
2008Balaenoptera borealina Uhen et al. p. 619
2008Balaenopteridae Uhen et al. p. 619
2008Plesiocetus garopii Uhen et al. p. 620
2008Balaenopteridae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 243
2008Balaenoptera borealina Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 244
2009Balaenopteridae Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2009Balaenopteridae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2010Balaenopteridae Bosselaers and Post p. 335
2010Balaenopteridae Canto et al. p. 21
2010Balaenoptera definata Gutierrez et al. p. 37
2010Balaenopteridae Steeman p. 69
2010Plesiocetus garopii Steeman p. 69
2011Balaenopteridae Ekdale et al. p. 39
2011Balaenopteridae Geisler et al. pp. 6, 28 figs. Table 1
2013Balaenopteridae Bisconti et al. p. 98
2014Balaenopteridae Bisconti
2015Balaenopteridae Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1
2016Balaenopteridae Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 451
2016Balaenopteridae Marx and Kohno p. 25 figs. Figure 16
2016Balaenopteridae Marx et al. p. 113
2017Balaenopteridae Berta p. 168
2019Balaenopteridae Bisconti et al. p. 7
2019Balaenopteridae Tanaka and Watanabe
2020Balaenopteridae Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 9
2020Balaenopteridae Bisconti et al. p. 6
2022Balaenopteridae Bisconti et al.

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
Balaenomorpha
superfamilyThalassotherii
familyBalaenopteridae
familyBalaenopteridae

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.

Fm. Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 [rorqual]
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G. †Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti 2007
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Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi Bisconti et al. 2022
Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis Bisconti et al. 2020
G. Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804 [rorqual]
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 [minke whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena rostrata Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Pterobalaena minor Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Rorqualus boops Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Rorqualus minor Hamilton 1837 [synonym], Sibbaldius mondinii Capellini 1877 [synonym]
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister 1867
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera huttoni Gray 1874 [synonym]
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828 [sei whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera iwasi Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera laticeps Gray 1864 [synonym], Balaenoptera schlegeli swinhoei Gray 1866 [synonym], Sibbaldius schlegelii Gray 1864 [synonym]
Balaenoptera brydei Olsen 1913 [Bryde's whale]
Balaenoptera cephalus Cope 1867
Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879 [Eden's whale]
Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758 [blue whale]
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera australis Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera brevicauda Ichihara 1966 [synonym], Balaenoptera indica Blyth 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera intermedia Burmeister 1871 [synonym], Balaenoptera jubartes Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera sulfureus Cope 1869 [synonym], Cuvierius latirostris Flower 1864 [synonym], Physalus sibbaldii Gray 1847 [synonym], Sibbaldius antarcticus Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Sibbaldius sulfureus Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Sibbaldus borealis Gray 1864 [synonym]
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 [fin whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena antiquorum Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena sulcata Neill 1811 [synonym], Balaena sulcata arctica Schlegel 1841 [invalid subgroup], Balaenoptera antiquorum Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera blythi Anderson 1879 [synonym], Balaenoptera boops Linnaeus 1758 [synonym], Balaenoptera copei Elliot 1901 [synonym], Balaenoptera gibbar Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera patachonica Burmeister 1865 [objective synonym], Balaenoptera patachonicha tschudii Reichenbach 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera quoyi Fisher 1829 [synonym], Balaenoptera rorqual Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaenoptera velifera Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Benedenia knoxii Gray 1864 [synonym], Physalus brasiliensis Gray 1846 [synonym], Physalus duguidii Gray 1864 [synonym], Physalus fasciatus Gray 1850 [synonym], Physalus patachonicus Burmeister 1865 [synonym], Swinhoia chinensis Gray 1868 [synonym]
Balaenoptera ricei Rosel et al. 2021 [Rice's whale]
Balaenoptera siberi Pilleri 1989
Invalid names: Balaenoptera andrejewi Anonymous 1888 [nomen nudum], Balaenoptera fasciata Gray 1846 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera grimmi Anonymous 1888 [nomen nudum], Balaenoptera ryani Hanna and McLellan 1924 [invalid subgroup], Benedenia Gray 1864 [synonym], Cuvierius Gray 1866 [synonym], Mysticetus Wagler 1830 [synonym], Physalis Fleming 1822 [synonym], Physalus Gray 1821 [objective synonym], Pterobalaena Eschricht 1849 [synonym], Rorqualus Cuvier 1836 [synonym], Rudolphius Gray 1866 [synonym], Sibbaldus Flower 1865 [synonym], Swinhoia Gray 1868 [synonym]
Subfm. Balaenopterinae Flower 1865
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Invalid names: Physalina Gray 1864 [synonym]
G. †Cetotheriophanes Brandt 1873
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G. †Diunatans Bosselaers and Post 2010
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Diunatans luctoretemergo Bosselaers and Post 2010
G. †Eobalaenoptera Dooley et al. 2004
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Eobalaenoptera harrisoni Dooley et al. 2004
Subfm. Eschrichtiinae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
G. †Fragilicetus Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016
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Fragilicetus velponi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016
G. †Incakujira Marx and Kohno 2016
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Incakujira anillodefuego Marx and Kohno 2016
G. †Marzanoptera Bisconti et al. 2021
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Marzanoptera bertae Boessenecker 2013
Marzanoptera tersillae Bisconti et al. 2021
G. Megaptera Gray 1846 [humpback whale]
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Subg. Megaptera (Eschrichtius) Gray 1864 [gray whale]
Megaptera brachychira Cope 1868
Megaptera hubachi Dathe 1983
Megaptera mysticetoides Emmons 1858
Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 [humpback whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena allamack Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaena atlanticus Hurdis 1897 [synonym], Balaena boops Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Balaena lalandii Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena longimana Rudolphi 1832 [synonym], Balaena longipinna Gray 1846 [objective synonym], Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck 1841 [synonym], Balaenoptera astrolabae Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Balaenoptera capensis Smith 1835 [synonym], Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera syncondylus Muller 1863 [synonym], Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden 1868 [synonym], Megaptera americana Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera bellicosa Cope 1871 [synonym], Megaptera braziliensis Cope 1867 [synonym], Megaptera burmeisteri Gray 1866 [synonym], Megaptera gigas Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera indica Gervais 1883 [synonym], Megaptera kuzira Gray 1850 [synonym], Megaptera lalandii Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera osphyia Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera poeskop Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera versabilis Cope 1869 [synonym], Poescopia lalandii Gray 1866 [synonym], Rorqualus antarcticus Cuvier 1836 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cyphobalaena Marschall 1873 [synonym], Kyphobalaena Eschricht [synonym], Perqualus Gray 1846 [synonym], Poescopia Gray 1864 [synonym]
G. †Miobalaenoptera Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
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Miobalaenoptera numataensis Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
G. †Nehalaennia Bisconti et al. 2019
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Nehalaennia devossi Bisconti et al. 2019
G. †Notiocetus Ameghino 1891
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Notiocetus platensis Ameghino 1891
Notiocetus romerianus Ameghino 1891
G. †Plesiobalaenoptera Bisconti 2010
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G. †Praemegaptera Behrmann 1995
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Praemegaptera pampauensis Behrmann 1995
G. †Protororqualus Bisconti 2007
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Protororqualus cuvieri Fischer 1829
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Invalid names: Cetotherium (Cetotheriophanes) cuvieri Brandt 1873 [synonym]
Protororqualus dyticus Cabrera 1926
Protororqualus wilfriedneesi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020
Invalid names: Agaphelinae Gray 1870 [empty], Balaena affinis Owen 1843 [invalid subgroup], Balaena definata Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaena emarginata Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaena gibbosa Owen 1843 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera borealina Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera garopii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera portisii Sacco 1890 [invalid subgroup], Balaenoptera rostratella Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera sibbaldina Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera taiwanica Huang 1966 [invalid subgroup], Delphinus brachyspondylus Brandt 1873 [invalid subgroup], Hadrosaurus tripos Cope 1869 [nomen dubium], Megaptera affinis Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Megapterinae Flower 1865 [empty], Megapteropsis robusta Van Beneden 1872 [nomen dubium], Palaeocetidae Seeley 1865 [synonym], Parabalaenopterinae Zeigler et al. 1997 [empty], Praemegapterinae Behrmann 1995 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y. Tanaka and M. Watanabe 2019Two synapomorphies of the Balaenopteridae were identified by the phylogenetic analysis in this study:
an abruptly depressed supraorbital process of the frontal to a level noticeably below the vertex with the lateral skull wall above the supraorbital formed by both parietal and frontal in anterior view (character 45); and shape of anteroventral angle of anterior process of periotic in med- ial or lateral view, slender and tapering to a point (char- acter 147). The holotype of Miobalaenoptera numataensis only preserves the periotic character 147. Three periotic diagnostic characters have previously been reported: a narrow triangular anterior process of the peri- otic (Character 20 of Ekdale et al. 2011; Bisconti 2010b); well-defined fossa for the malleus (Ekdale et al. 2011, character 43) and transversely elongated pars cochlearis (Geisler & Luo 1996, character 12). These characters were stated as the Family Balaenopteridae excluding Eschrichtius robustus in these studies.
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (313 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97New Zealand (North Otago) Balaenopteridae indet. (87888)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Plesiocetus dyticus (47303)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333New Zealand Balaenopteridae indet. (74754)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Austria (Burgenland) Balaenopteridae indet. (85507)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Austria Balaenopteridae indet. (85510)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Balaenopteridae indet. (22220) Plesiobalaenoptera sp. (22223)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Australia (South Australia) Balaenopteridae indet. (51410)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Austria Balaenopteridae indet. (85509)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Balaenoptera sp., Balaenopteridae indet., Balaenoptera musculus, Fragilicetus sp. (230122) Balaenopteridae indet. (230126)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588South Pacific Balaenoptera antarctica, Balaenoptera rostrata (99587) Balaenoptera sp. (99586 99611)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands (Gelderland) Balaenoptera musculoides (32040)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Macrochirifer vindobonensis, Delphinus brachyspondylus (48029)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Nagano) Balaenopteridae indet. (220347)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Balaenoptera sp. (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Slovenia Balaenoptera sp. (55450)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Nagano) Balaenopteridae indet. (56952)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Fukushima) Balaenoptera borealis (55660)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Balaenopteridae indet. (51329)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gunma) Balaenoptera sp. (75733)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333New Zealand Balaenidae indet. (74585)