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Balaena montalionis

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Taxonomy
Balaena montalionis was named by Capellini (1904). Its type specimen is MSNUP I-12357, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montaione, which is in a Piacenzian marine horizon in Italy.

It was recombined as Balaenula montalionis by Pilleri (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. acutorostrata, B. mysticus, B. mystietus, B. myusticetus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Balaena montalionis Capellini pp. 1-11 figs. Plate 1
1904Balaena montalionis Trouessart p. 787
1987Balaenula montalionis Pilleri p. 69
1993Balaena montalionis McLeod et al. p. 55
1995Balaena montalionis Bisconti
1996Balaena montalionis Bianucci p. 66
2000Balaena montalionis Bisconti p. 39
2003Balaena montalionis Bisconti p. 23
2009Balaena montalionis Bisconti p. 153
2015Balaena montalionis Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2017Balaena montalionis Field et al. figs. Table 1

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
familyBalaenidae()
genusBalaena
speciesmontalionis

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.

†Balaena montalionis Capellini 1904
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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: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Florence) Balaena montalionis (type locality: 53928)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Balaenula montalionis (47428)