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Marzanoptera bertae
Taxonomy
Balaenoptera bertae was named by Boessenecker (2013). Its type specimen is UCMP 219078, a partial skull (partial skull lacking the premaxillae, maxillae, nasals, jugals, tympanic bullae, and bodies of the petrosal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V99849, San Gregorio section, Half Moon Bay, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Purisima Formation of California.
It was recombined as Marzanoptera bertae by Bisconti et al. (2021).
It was recombined as Marzanoptera bertae by Bisconti et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Balaenoptera bertae Boessenecker p. 836 figs. Figs. 11-15 |
| 2015 | Balaenoptera bertae Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2021 | Marzanoptera bertae Bisconti et al. |
| 2023 | Balaenoptera bertae Tanaka et al. p. 325 |
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†Marzanoptera bertae Boessenecker 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available