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Protororqualus wilfriedneesi

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Protororqualus wilfriedneesi was named by Bisconti and Bosselaers (2020). Its type specimen is RBINS M 2315, a partial skeleton (partial skull with both periotics (one still in articulation and one detached) and tympanic bullae, the proximal portion of a humerus and an almost complete uln), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wommelgem, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Kattendijk Sands Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Protororqualus wilfriedneesi Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 10 figs. Fig. 4-13

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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
genusProtororqualus
specieswilfriedneesi

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.

Protororqualus wilfriedneesi Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Protororqualus wilfriedneesi (type locality: 212617)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Antwerpen) Burtinopsis minutus (57783)