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Parabalaenoptera

Mammalia - Cetacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Parabalaenoptera Zeigler et al. p. 118
2003Parabalaenoptera Geisler and Sanders p. 27
2005Parabalaenoptera Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2008Parabalaenoptera Uhen et al. p. 620
2011Parabalaenoptera Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2015Parabalaenoptera Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1
2015Parabalaenoptera Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2016Parabalaenoptera Marx et al. p. 114
2017Parabalaenoptera Berta p. 168
2019Parabalaenoptera Leslie et al. p. 6

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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
superfamilyBalaenopteroideaGray 1868
superfamilyPanbalaenopteroidea
genusParabalaenoptera

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.

G. †Parabalaenoptera Zeigler et al. 1997
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Parabalaenoptera baulinensis Zeigler et al. 1997
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: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) P. baulinensis (46902)