Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Full reference: M. Bisconti, S. Chicchi, P. Monegatti, M. Scacchetti, R. Campanini, S. Marsili, and G. Carnevale. 2023. Taphonomy, osteology and functional morphology of a partially articulated skeleton of an archaic Pliocene right whale from Emilia Romagna (NW Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 62
Belongs to Charadrobalaena according to M. Bisconti et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCRE 232834, a partial skeleton (partially-articulated skeleton including one jugal, two mandibular rami, cervical vertebrae fused together, nine thoracic vertebrae, a single lumbar vertebra, n). Its type locality is San Valentino Castle, which is in a Zanclean basinal (siliceous) mudstone in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at San Valentino Castle
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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