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Balaenoptera edeni (Eden's whale)

Osteichthyes - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Balaenoptera edeni was named by Anderson (1879). It is extant. Its type locality is Thaybyoo Choung, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in Myanmar.

It was recombined as Rorqualus edeni by Hassanin et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. cortesi, B. cortesii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Balaenoptera edeni Anderson
1904Balaenoptera edeni Trouessart p. 783
1950Balaenoptera edeni Junge p. 24
1963Balaenoptera edeni Scheffer and Rice p. 9
1977Balaenoptera edeni Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1991Balaenoptera edeni Vidal p. 6
2005Balaenoptera edeni Mead and Brownell p. 724
2008Balaenoptera edeni Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2011Balaenoptera edeni Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2012Rorqualus edeni Hassanin et al. p. 43 figs. Fig. 1
2014Balaenoptera edeni Tsai et al. p. 86
2017Balaenoptera edeni Tanaka and Taruno p. 4

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
—Balaenomorpha
superfamilyThalassotherii
familyBalaenopteridae
genusBalaenoptera
speciesedeniAnderson 1879

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.

Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879 [Eden's whale]
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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: base of the to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene - Messinian0.0117 - 5.333Thailand (Samut Sakhon) Balaenoptera edeni (60276)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Myanmar Balaenoptera edeni (type locality: 86925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand (Chon Buri) Balaenoptera edeni (122302 190037)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Osaka) Balaenoptera acutorostrata (190349)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand (Bangkok) Balaenoptera edeni (70820)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand (Samut Sakhon) Balaenoptera edeni (122670)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand (Samut Prakan) Balaenoptera edeni (66595 239169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Thailand (Phra Pradaeng District) Balaenoptera edeni (60279)