Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Alternative combinations: Balaena montolionis, Balaenula montalionis
Full reference: G. Capellini. 1904. Balene fossili Toscane II. Balaena montalionis. Memori della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell' Instituto di Bologna 1:1-11
Belongs to Balaena according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Bianucci 1996, Bisconti 1995, Bisconti 2000, Bisconti 2003, Bisconti 2009, Capellini 1904, Churchill et al. 2012, Field et al. 2017, McLeod et al. 1993, Pilleri 1987 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Balaena arcuata, Balaena balsami, Balaena dubusi, Balaena larteti, Balaena macrocephalus, Balaena meneghinii, Balaena molassica, Balaena mysticetus, Balaena pampaea, Balaena ricei, Balaena tannenbergii
Type specimen: MSNT MC CF31 (12357), a partial skull. Its type locality is Casina, which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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