†Megaptera mysticetoides Emmons 1858 (humpback whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Alternative combinations: Balaena mysticetoides, Cetotherium mysticetoides
Full reference: E. Emmons. 1858. Palaeontology. Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey (XV)193-212
Belongs to Megaptera according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Barnes and McLeod 1984, Cope 1870, Emmons 1858, Hay 1902, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Megaptera (Eschrichtius), Megaptera brachychira, Megaptera hubachi, Megaptera novaeangliae
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megaptera mysticetoides in the database
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