Glaucabalaena Bisconti et al. 2024 (gray whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae

Full reference: M. Bisconti, P. Damarco, L. Marengo, M. Macagno, M. Pavia and G. Carnevale. 2024. Anatomy and relationships of a new gray whale from the Pliocene of Piedmont, Northwestern Italy. diversity 16:547

Parent taxon: Eschrichtiidae according to M. Bisconti et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Archaeschrichtius, Eschrichtioides, Eschrichtius, Gricetoides

Subtaxa: Glaucabalaena inopinata

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Type: Glaucabalaena inopinata

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Asti (general) (Pliocene of Italy)

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