Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Alternative combinations: Balaenoptera hubachi, Megaptera hubachi
Full reference: F. Dathe. 1983. Megaptera hubachi n. sp., ein fossiler Bartenwal aus marinen Sandsteinschichten des tieferen Pliozaens Chiles. Zeitschrift fuer Geologische Wissenschaften 11(7):813-848
Belongs to Plesiobalaenoptera according to M. Bisconti et al. 2021
See also Bisconti 2010, Dathe 1983, Deméré et al. 2005, Hampe and Baszio 2010, Lloyd and Slater 2020, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015 and Tsai and Boessenecker 2017
Sister taxon: Plesiobalaenoptera quarantellii
Type specimen: MB Ma 28570, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton with damaged portions of cranium, rostrum, and mandibles, and associated axial skeleton and pectoral elements). Its type locality is Bahia de Guayacan, which is in a Zanclean slope horizon in the Coquimbo Formation of Chile.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Chile (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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