Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5):1103-1122
Belongs to Archaebalaenoptera according to M. Bisconti et al. 2022
See also Bisconti 2007, Bisconti 2009, Bisconti and Francou 2014, Bisconti et al. 2020, Marx 2011 and Marx and Fordyce 2015
Sister taxa: Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi, Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis
Type specimen: SBAER 240536, a skull. Its type locality is Rio Carbonari, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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