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Balaenotus insignis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Taxonomy
Balaenotus insignis was named by Van Beneden (1872) [ ]. Its type specimen is none designated and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stuyvenberg, which is in a Zanclean/Piacenzian marine sandstone in Belgium.

It was recombined as Balaena insignis by Lydekker (1887), Trouessart (1898), Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Balaena (Balaenotus) insignis by Newton (1891); it was recombined as Balaenula insignis by McLeod et al. (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Balaenotus insignis Van Beneden p. 413
1874Balaenotus insignis Vanden Broeck p. 146
1887Balaena insignis Lydekker p. 26
1891Balaena (Balaenotus) insignis Newton p. 59
1898Balaena insignis Trouessart p. 1089
1901Balaenotus insignis Abel p. 42
1904Balaena insignis Trouessart p. 786
1987Balaenotus insignis Pilleri p. 77
1993Balaenula insignis McLeod et al. p. 55
2003Balaenotus insignis Bisconti p. 26
2008Balaenotus insignis Uhen et al. p. 618
2017Balaenotus insignis Field et al.

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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()
—Balaenomorpha
superfamilyBalaenoidea
familyBalaenidae()
genusBalaenotus
speciesinsignis

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.

†Balaenotus insignis Van Beneden 1872
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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: suspension feederf
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Balaenotus insignis (86251)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium Balaenotus insignis (49404)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Italy Balaenotus insignis (72068)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Zedelgem) Balaenotus insignis (type locality: 67027)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Balaenotus insignis (47428)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Balaena insignis (48093)