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Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati was named by Bisconti (2007) [SBAER = Soprintendenza per i Beni Arheologici dell'Emilia Romagna (Italy)]. Its type specimen is SBAER 240536, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Carbonari, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in Italy. It is the type species of Archaebalaenoptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti p. 1104 figs. Figures 2-4
2009Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti p. 152
2011Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2014Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti and Francou p. 35
2015Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2020Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti et al. p. 7
2022Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti et al.

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

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.

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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: Uhen 2004, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Piacenza) Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati (187602)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati (type locality: 74929)