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Parietobalaena palmeri

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Parietobalaena palmeri was named by Kellogg (1924). Its type specimen is USNM 10668, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dares Wharf, north of, Zone 11, which is in a Langhian estuary/bay claystone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Parietobalaena palmeri Kellogg pp. 2-13 figs. Plates 1-5
1930Parietobalaena palmeri Hay p. 572
1938Parietobalaena palmeri Abel p. 9
1968Parietobalaena palmeri Kellogg
1994Parietobalaena palmeri Gottfried et al. p. 233
2006Parietobalaena palmeri Bouetel and Muizon p. 385
2008Parietobalaena palmeri Uhen et al. p. 616
2010Parietobalaena palmeri Steeman p. 72
2011Parietobalaena palmeri Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2013Parietobalaena palmeri Bisconti et al. p. 107
2015Parietobalaena palmeri Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2

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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()
—Plicogulae
superfamilyCetotherioidea
genusParietobalaena
speciespalmeri

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.

†Parietobalaena palmeri Kellogg 1924
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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: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Maryland) Parietobalaena palmeri (71796 71924)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Parietobalaena palmeri (79793)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Parietobalaena palmeri (type locality: 45498 48884 60379 70823 70834 168458)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Parietobalaena palmeri (18580)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Parietobalaena palmeri (71806 187324)