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Marzanoptera bertae

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Taxonomy
Balaenoptera bertae was named by Boessenecker (2013). Its type specimen is UCMP 219078, a partial skull (partial skull lacking the premaxillae, maxillae, nasals, jugals, tympanic bullae, and bodies of the petrosal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V99849, San Gregorio section, Half Moon Bay, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Purisima Formation of California.

It was recombined as Marzanoptera bertae by Bisconti et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Balaenoptera bertae Boessenecker p. 836 figs. Figs. 11-15
2015Balaenoptera bertae Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2021Marzanoptera bertae Bisconti et al.
2023Balaenoptera bertae Tanaka et al. p. 325

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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
genusMarzanoptera
speciesbertae()

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.

†Marzanoptera bertae Boessenecker 2013
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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 Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Balaenoptera bertae (153704)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Balaenoptera bertae (153705)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Balaenoptera bertae (type locality: 184957)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Yamagata) Balaenopteridae indet. (229985)