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Megaptera hubachi
Taxonomy
Megaptera hubachi was named by Dathe (1983) [No type specimen number is listed in Dathe (1983). Type info from Demere et al 2005.]. Its type specimen is MB Ma 28570, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton with damaged portions of cranium, rostrum, and mandibles, and associated axial skeleton and pectoral elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bahia de Guayacan, which is in a Zanclean slope horizon in the Coquimbo Formation of Chile.
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Balaenopteridae by Bisconti (2010), Marx and Fordyce (2015) and Tsai and Boessenecker (2017); it was recombined as Balaenoptera hubachi by Hampe and Baszio (2010); it was recombined as Plesiobalaenoptera hubachi by Bisconti et al. (2021).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Balaenopteridae by Bisconti (2010), Marx and Fordyce (2015) and Tsai and Boessenecker (2017); it was recombined as Balaenoptera hubachi by Hampe and Baszio (2010); it was recombined as Plesiobalaenoptera hubachi by Bisconti et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Megaptera hubachi Dathe p. 813 figs. Fig. 1-12 |
| 2005 | Megaptera hubachi Deméré et al. p. 122 |
| 2010 | Balaenoptera hubachi Hampe and Baszio p. 213 |
| 2011 | Megaptera hubachi Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2020 | Megaptera hubachi Lloyd and Slater |
| 2021 | Plesiobalaenoptera hubachi Bisconti et al. |
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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.
†Megaptera hubachi Dathe 1983
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| References: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991 | |||||