Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: M. Bisconti and M. E. J. Bosselaers. 2020. A new balaenopterid species from the Southern North Sea Basin informs about phylogeny and taxonomy of Burtinopsis and Protororqualus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae). PeerJ 8(e9570):1-47
Belongs to Protororqualus according to M. Bisconti and M. E. J. Bosselaers 2020
Sister taxa: Protororqualus cuvieri, Protororqualus dyticus
Type specimen: RBINS M 2315, a partial skeleton (partial skull with both periotics (one still in articulation and one detached) and tympanic bullae, the proximal portion of a humerus and an almost complete uln). Its type locality is Wommelgem, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Kattendijk Sands Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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