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Parietobalaena campiniana

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Parietobalaena campiniana was named by Bisconti et al. (2013). Its type specimen is RBINS M.399-R.4018, a partial skeleton (skull and partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kessel, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Parietobalaena campiniana Bisconti et al. p. 108
2015Parietobalaena campiniana Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Plicogulae
superfamilyCetotherioidea
genusParietobalaena
speciescampiniana

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.

†Parietobalaena campiniana Bisconti et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Netherlands Parietobalaena campiniana (53929)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Belgium Parietobalaena campiniana (138669)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Belgium (Nijlen) Parietobalaena campiniana (type locality: 53679)