Praemegaptera pampauensis Behrmann 1995 (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

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

Belongs to Praemegaptera according to G. Behrmann 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Das im Naturhistorischen Museum Lubeck aufgestelite Exemplar, a partial skull. Its type locality is Grosse-Pampau, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf claystone in the Glimmerton Formation of Germany.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Grosse-Pampau

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