Glaucabalaena inopinata 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

Belongs to Glaucabalaena according to M. Bisconti et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGPT-PU 19915, a partial skull (posterolateral corners of the skull (including parts of both squamosals, as well as exoccipital and periotics) and a proximal fragment of a mandibular ramus). Its type locality is Asti (general), which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in the Sabbie di Asti Formation of Italy.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Asti (general)

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