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Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Balaenoptera bonaerensis was named by Burmeister (1867). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pterobalaena bonaerensis by Hassanin et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister
1874Balaenoptera huttoni Gray
1889Balaenoptera bonaerensis Ameghino p. 889
1904Balaenoptera bonaerensis Trouessart p. 783
1904Balaenoptera bonaerensis huttoni Trouessart p. 783
1998Balaenoptera bonaerensis Rice p. 71
2005Balaenoptera bonaerensis Mead and Brownell p. 724
2008Balaenoptera bonaerensis Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 5
2011Balaenoptera bonaerensis Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2012Pterobalaena bonaerensis Hassanin et al. p. 43 figs. Fig. 1
2015Balaenoptera bonaerensis Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
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)
Theriiformes()
RankNameAuthor
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
Chaeomysticeti()
Balaenomorpha
superfamilyThalassotherii
familyBalaenopteridae
genusBalaenoptera
speciesbonaerensisBurmeister 1867

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 bonaerensis Burmeister 1867
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Invalid names: Balaenoptera huttoni Gray 1874 [synonym]
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: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Balaenoptera bonaerensis (83456)