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Palaeobalaena bergi

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Palaeobalaena bergi was named by Moreno (1882) [Moreno (1882) does not give locality information, nor does he say where the type specimen is curated. Kellogg (1931) notes where the specimen was collected and that it is at the Museo de La Plata.]. Its type specimen is no type specimen listed, a partial skull (occipital region and cervical vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Banco de Misioneros, which is in a Santacrucian fluvial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Palaeobalaena.

It was corrected as Palaeobalaena bergii by Doering (1882); it was recombined as Balaena bergi by Trouessart (1904); it was considered a nomen nudum by Ameghino (1894).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Palaeobalaena bergii Doering p. 455
1882Palaeobalaena bergi Moreno
1889Palaeobalaena bergi Ameghino p. 888
1904Balaena bergi Trouessart p. 787
1931Palaeobalaena bergi Kellogg p. 307

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
subfamilyCetotheriidae()
genusPalaeobalaena
speciesbergi

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.

†Palaeobalaena bergi Moreno 1882
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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: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Tortonian or 17.50000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina Palaeobalaena bergi (type locality: 88200)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) Palaeobalaena bergii (13522)