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Miobalaenoptera numataensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Miobalaenoptera numataensis was named by Tanaka and Watanabe (2019). Its type specimen is NFL 18, a partial skull (frontals, squamosals, pari- etals, vomer, pterygoid, basisphenoid, basioccipital, exoccipitals, right periotic and presternum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ishikari-Numata Station, east, which is in a Messinian marine horizon in the Horokaoshirarika Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Miobalaenoptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Miobalaenoptera numataensis Tanaka and Watanabe

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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
genusMiobalaenoptera
speciesnumataensis

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.

†Miobalaenoptera numataensis Tanaka and Watanabe 2019
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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: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Japan (Yamagata) Miobalaenoptera numataensis (211307)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan (Hokkaido) Miobalaenoptera numataensis (type locality: 84053)