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Megaptera hubachi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Megaptera hubachi was named by Dathe (1983) [No type specimen number is listed in Dathe (1983). Type info from Demere et al 2005.]. Its type specimen is MB Ma 28570, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton with damaged portions of cranium, rostrum, and mandibles, and associated axial skeleton and pectoral elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bahia de Guayacan, which is in a Zanclean slope horizon in the Coquimbo Formation of Chile.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Balaenopteridae by Bisconti (2010), Marx and Fordyce (2015) and Tsai and Boessenecker (2017); it was recombined as Balaenoptera hubachi by Hampe and Baszio (2010); it was recombined as Plesiobalaenoptera hubachi by Bisconti et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Megaptera hubachi Dathe p. 813 figs. Fig. 1-12
2005Megaptera hubachi Deméré et al. p. 122
2010Balaenoptera hubachi Hampe and Baszio p. 213
2011Megaptera hubachi Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2020Megaptera hubachi Lloyd and Slater
2021Plesiobalaenoptera hubachi Bisconti et al.

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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
genusMegaptera
specieshubachi

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.

Megaptera hubachi Dathe 1983
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Chile Megaptera hubachi (153810)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Chile (Coquimbo) Megaptera hubachi (type locality: 56460)