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Miobalaenoptera

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

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YearName and author
2019Miobalaenoptera Tanaka and Watanabe
2020Miobalaenoptera Tanaka et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
Balaenomorpha
superfamilyThalassotherii
familyBalaenopteridae
genusMiobalaenoptera

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G. †Miobalaenoptera Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
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Miobalaenoptera numataensis Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y. Tanaka and M. Watanabe 2019Among Balaenopteridae, Miobalaenoptera numataensis uniquely has a dorsoventrally thin pars coch- learis, especially the medial (dorsal) edge, and a sharp anteroposteriorly long ridge on the ventral side of the anterior process. Miobalaenoptera numataensis differs from other balaenopterids except ‘Balaenoptera’ ryani by having incipient lateral tuberosities of the periotic. Miobalaenoptera numataensis differs from other balae- nopterids except ‘Megaptera’ miocanea, Protororquals cuvieri and Megaptera novaeangliae by having a slen- der zygomatic process and a strongly excavated lateral margin of the orbit in dorsoventral view. Miobalaenoptera numataensis differs from other balae- nopterids except Fragilicetus velponi by having strongly diverged basioccipital crests. Miobalaenoptera numataensis differs from the other extinct balaenopter- ids except ‘Megaptera’ hubachi by having a broadly or more or less horizontally expanded subtemporal crest. Miobalaenoptera numataensis can be identified from the extant taxa þ ‘Megaptera’ miocaena by having a deep suprameatal fossa of the periotic. Miobalaenoptera numataensis differs from the extinct taxa except Fragilicetus velponi by having a long cau- dal tympanic process of the periotic.