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Balaenoptera cortesi

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
B. acutorostrata (syn. Rorqualus boops, Balaena rostrata, Sibbaldius mondinii, Rorqualus minor, Pterobalaena minor), B. andrejewi, B. bonaerensis (syn. B. huttoni), B. borealis (syn. B. laticeps, B. iwasi, B. schlegeli swinhoei, Sibbaldius schlegelii), B. brydei, B. cephalus, B. davidsonii, B. edeni, B. fasciata, B. grimmi, B. musculus (syn. Sibbaldus borealis, B. brevicauda, Cuvierius latirostris, B. indica, B. sulfureus, Sibbaldius sulfureus, Sibbaldius antarcticus, B. australis, Stenobalaena xanthogaster, Physalus sibbaldii, B. intermedia, B. jubartes), B. omurai, B. physalus (syn. B. velifera, B. patachonica, Balaena antiquorum, Sibbaldius tuberosus, B. rorqual, B. boops, B. blythi, B. quoyi, Balaena sulcata, Physalus patachonicus, Swinhoia chinensis, Physalus brasiliensis, B. patachonicha tschudii, Physalus duguidii, Sibbaldius tectirostris, Benedenia knoxii, Physalus fasciatus, B. antiquorum, B. copei, B. gibbar), B. ricei, B. ryani, B. siberi, B. sursiplana
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
Balaenomorpha
superfamilyThalassotherii
familyBalaenopteridae
genusBalaenoptera
speciescortesi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available