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Balaenella brachyrhynus

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Taxonomy
Balaenella brachyrhynus was named by Bisconti (2005) [Natuurmuseum Brabant, Tilburg, Holland]. Its type specimen is NMB 42001, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kallo, Kattendijk Fm., which is in a Zanclean offshore shelf claystone in the Kattendijk Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Balaenella brachyrhynus Bisconti p. 797 figs. Fig. 2-7
2009Balaenella brachyrhynus Bisconti p. 153
2011Balaenella brachyrhynus Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2015Balaenella brachyrynus Gol'din and Steeman p. 13 figs. Figure 10
2015Balaenella brachyrhynus Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2017Balaenella brachyrhynus Field et al.

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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()
genusBalaenella
speciesbrachyrhynus

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.

Balaenella brachyrhynus Bisconti 2005
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Beveren) Balaenella brachyrhynus (type locality: 57912)