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Balaenoptera cortesi

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

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

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Balaenoptera cortesi (184965)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Balaenoptera cortesi (118208)