Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Full reference: M. Bisconti, P. Damarco, M. Pavia, B. Sorce, and G. Carnevale. 2021. Marzanoptera tersillae, a new balaenopterid genus and species from the Pliocene of Piedmont, north-west Italy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20
Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Bisconti et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Archaebalaenoptera, 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, Megaptera, Megaptera affinis, Megapterinae, Megapteropsis robusta, Miobalaenoptera, Nehalaennia, Notiocetus, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus
Subtaxa: Marzanoptera bertae Marzanoptera tersillae
Type: Marzanoptera tersillae
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection), Japan (1), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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