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Taxonomy
Neobalaenidae was named by Miller (1923). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Bisconti (2008).
It was reranked as the subfamily Neobalaeninae by Fordyce and Marx (2013), Tsai and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Marx et al. (2018), Govender and Marx (2023).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Nowak (1991); to Mysticeti by Miller (1923), Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Fordyce (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Balaenopteroidea by Bianucci and Landini (2007); to Mysticeti by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Balaenoidea by Mitchell (1989), Sanders and Barnes (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Gingerich (2005), Steeman (2007), Bisconti (2008), Rice (2009), Geisler et al. (2011), Bisconti (2012), Churchill et al. (2012), Bisconti (2014); to Chaeomysticeti by Rice (1998), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Plicogulae by Berta (2017); to Cetotherioidea by Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Goldin and Startsev (2017), Gol'din (2018); and to Cetotheriidae by Fordyce and Marx (2013), Tsai and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Marx et al. (2018), Govender and Marx (2023).
It was reranked as the subfamily Neobalaeninae by Fordyce and Marx (2013), Tsai and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Marx et al. (2018), Govender and Marx (2023).
It was assigned to Cetacea by Nowak (1991); to Mysticeti by Miller (1923), Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Fordyce (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005); to Mysticeti by Bouetel and Muizon (2006); to Balaenopteroidea by Bianucci and Landini (2007); to Mysticeti by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Balaenoidea by Mitchell (1989), Sanders and Barnes (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Gingerich (2005), Steeman (2007), Bisconti (2008), Rice (2009), Geisler et al. (2011), Bisconti (2012), Churchill et al. (2012), Bisconti (2014); to Chaeomysticeti by Rice (1998), Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Plicogulae by Berta (2017); to Cetotherioidea by Gol'din and Steeman (2015), Goldin and Startsev (2017), Gol'din (2018); and to Cetotheriidae by Fordyce and Marx (2013), Tsai and Fordyce (2015), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Marx et al. (2018), Govender and Marx (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1923 | Neobalaenidae Miller p. 40 |
| 1985 | Neobalaenidae Barnes et al. p. 26 |
| 1989 | Neobalaenidae Mitchell p. 2232 |
| 1991 | Neoballaenidae Nowak |
| 1994 | Neobalaenidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 428 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Neobalaenidae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1998 | Neobalaenidae Rice |
| 2001 | Neobalaenidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 176 |
| 2002 | Neobalaenidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1 |
| 2002 | Neobalaenidae Sanders and Barnes p. 353 |
| 2003 | Neobalaenidae Fordyce p. 156 figs. Figure 9.1 |
| 2003 | Neobalaenidae Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2005 | Neobalaenidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
| 2005 | Neobalaenidae Mead and Brownell p. 726 |
| 2006 | Neobalaenidae Bouetel and Muizon p. 387 |
| 2007 | Neobalaenidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2007 | Neobalaenidae Steeman p. 880 |
| 2008 | Neobalaenidae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3 |
| 2008 | Neobalaenidae Bisconti p. 173 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2009 | Neobalaenidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Neobalaenidae Geisler et al. p. 132 |
| 2012 | Neobalaenidae Bisconti p. 879 |
| 2012 | Neobalaenidae Churchill et al. p. 12 |
| 2013 | Neobalaeninae Fordyce and Marx p. 4 |
| 2014 | Neobalaenidae Bisconti figs. Figure 4 |
| 2015 | Neobalaenidae Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Neobalaenidae Gol'din and Steeman p. 12 |
| 2015 | Neobalaeninae Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2015 | Neobalaeninae Tsai and Fordyce p. 2 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2016 | Neobalaeninae Marx et al. p. 22 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2017 | Neobalaenidae Berta p. 167 |
| 2017 | Neobalaenidae Goldin and Startsev figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2018 | Neobalaenidae Gol'din p. 23 figs. Fig. 14 |
| 2018 | Neobalaeninae Marx et al. p. 2 |
| 2023 | Neobalaeninae Govender and Marx p. 12 |
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Subfm. Neobalaeninae Miller 1923 [pygmy right whale]
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G. Caperea Gray 1864
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Caperea marginata Gray 1846 [pygmy right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena (Caperea) antipodarum Gray 1864 [synonym]
Invalid names: Neobalaena Gray 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neogene | South Africa | Caperea sp. (230126) | |
| Tortonian | Peru (Arequipa) | Miocaperea pulchra (45485) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Angola | Neobalaenidae indet. (120143) | |
| Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Neobalaenidae indet., Caperea sp. (46167) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Sicily) | Caperea sp. (189318) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | Caperea sp. (189317) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Caperea marginata (71934 71938 71940) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica (Western Australia) | Caperea marginata (167979) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Caperea marginata (71936) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Caperea marginata (71935 71939) | |
| Holocene | Chile | Caperea marginata (167975) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Caperea marginata (167976) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Caperea marginata (71937 167977) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Caperea marginata (167978) |