Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: G. Behrmann. 1995. Der Bartenwal aus dem Miozan von Gr.-Pampau (Schleswig-Holstein). Geoschiebekunde aktuell 11(4):119-129

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to A. Berta 2017

See also Behrmann 1995

Sister taxa: Archaebalaenoptera, Balaena affinis, Balaena definata, Balaena emarginata, Balaena gibbosa, Balaenoptera, Balaenoptera borealina, Balaenoptera musculoides, Balaenoptera portisii, Balaenoptera rostratella, Balaenoptera sibbaldina, Balaenoptera taiwanica, Balaenopterinae, Cetotheriophanes, Delphinus brachyspondylus, Diunatans, Eobalaenoptera, Eschrichtiinae, Fragilicetus, Hadrosaurus tripos, Incakujira, Marzanoptera, Megaptera, Megaptera affinis, Megapterinae, Megapteropsis robusta, Miobalaenoptera, Nehalaennia, Notiocetus, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus

Subtaxa: Praemegaptera pampauensis

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Type: Praemegaptera pampauensis

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Grosse-Pampau (Miocene of Germany)

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