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Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale)
Taxonomy
Balaena novaeangliae was named by Brisson (1762) [Hershkovitz (1966) attributes this name to Borowski (1781) but Brisson (1762) clearly uses this name properly. No type specimen, not type locality other than "Coast of New England" (Hershkovitz, 1966).]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Megaptera novaeangliae by Kellogg (1932), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Barnes (1977), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Bergqvist et al. (1999), Clapham and Mead (1999), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Marx (2011), Geisler et al. (2011), Tsai et al. (2014), Marx and Fordyce (2015).
It was recombined as Megaptera novaeangliae by Kellogg (1932), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Barnes (1977), Vidal (1991), Rice (1998), Bergqvist et al. (1999), Clapham and Mead (1999), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bouetel and Muizon (2006), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Marx (2011), Geisler et al. (2011), Tsai et al. (2014), Marx and Fordyce (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1762 | Balaena novaeangliae Brisson p. 221 |
| 1780 | Balaena boops Fabricius p. 36 |
| 1780 | Balaena boops Fabricuius p. 36 |
| 1781 | Balaena novaeangliae Borowski p. 21 |
| 1789 | Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre p. 5 |
| 1829 | Balaena lalandii Fischer p. 525 |
| 1832 | Balaena longimana Rudolphi p. 133 |
| 1835 | Balaenoptera capensis Smith p. 130 |
| 1836 | Rorqualus antarcticus Cuvier p. 347 |
| 1841 | Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck |
| 1842 | Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson |
| 1846 | Megaptera nodosa Gray p. 16 |
| 1846 | Balaena allamack Gray p. 17 |
| 1846 | Megaptera americana Gray p. 17 |
| 1846 | Megaptera antarctica Gray p. 17 |
| 1846 | Megaptera longimana Gray p. 17 |
| 1846 | Megaptera poeskop Gray p. 17 |
| 1846 | Balaena longipinna Gray p. 83 |
| 1846 | Megaptera longipinna Gray p. 83 |
| 1847 | Balaena boops Nilsson p. 639 |
| 1850 | Megaptera longimana Gray p. 26 |
| 1850 | Megaptera americana Gray p. 28 |
| 1850 | Megaptera poeskop Gray p. 29 |
| 1850 | Megaptera kuzira Gray p. 30 |
| 1850 | Physalus antarcticus Gray p. 43 |
| 1853 | Balaenoptera astrolabae Pucheran p. 42 |
| 1863 | Balaenoptera syncondylus Muller p. 38 |
| 1864 | Megaptera lalandii Gray p. 207 |
| 1864 | Megaptera longimana Gray p. 207 |
| 1864 | Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray p. 207 |
| 1865 | Megaptera osphyia Cope p. 180 |
| 1865 | Megaptera gigas Cope p. 1979 |
| 1865 | Megaptera longimana Flower p. 391 |
| 1866 | Megaptera longimana Gray p. 119 |
| 1866 | Poescopia lalandii Gray p. 126 |
| 1866 | Megaptera americana Gray p. 129 |
| 1866 | Megaptera burmeisteri Gray p. 129 |
| 1866 | Megaptera kuzira Gray p. 130 |
| 1866 | Physalus antarcticus Gray p. 164 |
| 1867 | Megaptera braziliensis Cope p. 32 |
| 1868 | Megaptera longimana Gray p. 2 |
| 1868 | Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray p. 2 |
| 1868 | Poescopia lalandii Gray p. 2 |
| 1868 | Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden p. 109 |
| 1869 | Megaptera versabilis Cope p. 15 |
| 1869 | Megaptera versabilis Scammon and Cope p. 15 |
| 1871 | Megaptera bellicosa Cope p. 103 |
| 1871 | Megaptera americana Gray p. 50 |
| 1871 | Megaptera burmeisteri Gray p. 50 |
| 1871 | Megaptera kuzira Gray p. 50 |
| 1871 | Megaptera longimana Gray p. 50 |
| 1871 | Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray p. 50 |
| 1871 | Megaptera osphyia Gray p. 51 |
| 1871 | Megaptera versabilis Gray p. 51 |
| 1871 | Poescopia lalandii Gray p. 51 |
| 1873 | Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray p. 144 |
| 1873 | Physalus antarcticus Scott p. 123 |
| 1873 | Megaptera boops Scott p. 127 |
| 1873 | Megaptera lalandii Scott p. 128 |
| 1873 | Megaptera americana Scott p. 129 |
| 1875 | Megaptera novaezealandiae Hector p. 255 |
| 1880 | Megaptera boops Van Beneden and Gervais p. 121 |
| 1880 | Megaptera lalandii Van Beneden and Gervais p. 130 |
| 1883 | Megaptera indica Gervais p. 1566 |
| 1889 | Balaenoptera antarctica Ameghino p. 889 |
| 1889 | Megaptera burmeisteri Ameghino p. 890 |
| 1897 | Balaena atlanticus Hurdis p. 330 |
| 1898 | Megaptera burmeisteri Trouessart p. 1084 |
| 1902 | Megaptera boops Hay p. 600 |
| 1902 | Megaptera longimana Hay p. 600 |
| 1904 | Balaenoptera antarctica Trouessart p. 783 |
| 1904 | Megaptera burmeisteri Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1904 | Megaptera indica Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1904 | Megaptera kusira Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1904 | Megaptera nodosa Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1904 | Megaptera nodosa bellicosa Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1904 | Megaptera nodosa novaezelandiae Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1904 | Megaptera nodosa osphyia Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1904 | Megaptera versabilis Trouessart p. 785 |
| 1912 | Megaptera boops Turner p. 65 |
| 1922 | Megaptera nodosa Oliver p. 564 |
| 1930 | Megaptera nodosa Hay p. 575 |
| 1932 | Megaptera novaeangliae Kellogg p. 148 |
| 1952 | Megaptera nodosa Sherman p. 99 |
| 1963 | Megaptera novaeangliae Scheffer and Rice p. 9 |
| 1966 | Megaptera longipinna Gondar p. 144 |
| 1966 | Megaptera novaeangliae Hershkovitz p. 177 |
| 1977 | Megaptera novaeangliae Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1 |
| 1991 | Megaptera novaeangliae Vidal p. 6 |
| 1998 | Megaptera novaeangliae Rice p. 67 |
| 1999 | Megaptera novaeangliae Bergqvist et al. p. 31 |
| 1999 | Megaptera novaeangliae Clapham and Mead p. 1 |
| 2005 | Megaptera novaeangliae Mead and Brownell p. 725 |
| 2006 | Megaptera novaeangliae Bouetel and Muizon p. 386 |
| 2008 | Megaptera novaeangliae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2008 | Megaptera novaeangliae Uhen et al. p. 620 |
| 2011 | Megaptera novaeangliae Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Megaptera novaeangliae Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2014 | Megaptera novaeangliae Tsai et al. p. 86 |
| 2015 | Megaptera novaeangliae Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
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Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 [humpback whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena allamack Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaena atlanticus Hurdis 1897 [synonym], Balaena boops Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Balaena lalandii Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena longimana Rudolphi 1832 [synonym], Balaenoptera antarctica Temminck 1841 [synonym], Balaenoptera astrolabae Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Balaenoptera capensis Smith 1835 [synonym], Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera syncondylus Muller 1863 [synonym], Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden 1868 [synonym], Megaptera americana Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera bellicosa Cope 1871 [synonym], Megaptera braziliensis Cope 1867 [synonym], Megaptera burmeisteri Gray 1866 [synonym], Megaptera gigas Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera indica Gervais 1883 [synonym], Megaptera kuzira Gray 1850 [synonym], Megaptera lalandii Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera longipinna Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera nodosa Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera osphyia Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera poeskop Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera versabilis Scammon and Cope 1869 [synonym], Poescopia lalandii Gray 1866 [synonym], Rorqualus antarcticus Cuvier 1836 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Neogene | South Pacific | Balaenoptera antarctica (99587) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Taiwan | Megaptera novaeangliae (206745) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Chiba) | Megaptera novaeangliae (96893) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil | Megaptera sp. (54181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Taiwan | Megaptera novaeangliae (73686) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Megaptera boops (51020) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Quebec) | Megaptera novaeangliae (51021) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Denmark | Megaptera novaeangliae (76056 159731) | |
| Holocene | Norway | Megaptera novaeangliae (237893 237902) | |
| Holocene | Angola | Megaptera novaeangliae (167967) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Megaptera novaeangliae (51310 82088) | |
| Holocene | New Caledonia | Megaptera novaeangliae (83481) | |
| Holocene | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Megaptera novaeangliae (167972) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | Megaptera novaeangliae (167971) | |
| Holocene | United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) | Megaptera novaeangliae (162177) | |
| Holocene | USA (Oregon) | Megaptera novaeangliae (167968 224273) | |
| Holocene | Denmark | Megaptera novaeangliae (159712) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Megaptera novaeangliae (167969) | |
| Holocene | Brazil | Megaptera novaeangliae (167966) | |
| Holocene | USA (Maine) | Megaptera novaeangliae (167965) | |
| Holocene | India | Megaptera novaeangliae (167970) |