Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5):1103-1122
Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Bisconti et al. 2022
See also Berta 2017, Bisconti 2007, Bisconti and Francou 2014, Bisconti et al. 2020, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Marx and Fordyce 2015 and Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: 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, Notiocetus, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus
Subtaxa: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis
Type: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (3 collections)
• Miocene of the Netherlands (1), Peru (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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