Caperea Gray 1864 (pygmy right whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Alternative spelling: Balaena (Caperea)

Synonym: Neobalaena Gray 1870

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1864. On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:195-248

Parent taxon: Neobalaeninae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2018

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Brandt 1872, Brandt 1873, Ekdale et al. 2011, Fordyce and Marx 2013, Fraser and Purves 1960, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Gol'din 2018, Gol'din and Steeman 2015, Govender and Marx 2023, Gray 1864, Gray 1866, Gray 1868, Hershkovitz 1966, Marx et al. 2016, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead and Brownell 2005, Miller 1923, Oliver Schneider 1926, Palmer 1904, Rice 1998, Scheffer and Rice 1963, Simpson 1945, Steeman 2007, Trouessart 1904, Tsai and Fordyce 2015, Turner 1912, Weber 1928 and Winge 1921

Sister taxon: Miocaperea

Subtaxa: Caperea marginata

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (5), Chile (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (2), South Africa (2)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

• Neogene of South Africa (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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