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Parabalaenoptera baulinensis

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Parabalaenoptera baulinensis was named by Zeigler et al. (1997) [California Academy of Sciences ]. Its type specimen is CASG 66660, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bolinas Point, which is in a Messinian fluvial mudstone in the Santa Cruz Formation of California. It is the type species of Parabalaenoptera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Parabalaenoptera baulinensis Zeigler et al. p. 118 figs. Figs. 2-7, 8b
2005Parabalaenoptera baulinensis Deméré et al. p. 105 figs. Table II
2008Parabalaenoptera baulinensis Uhen et al. p. 620
2011Parabalaenoptera baulinensis Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1
2015Parabalaenoptera baulinensis Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2019Parabalaenoptera baulinensis 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
speciesbaulinensis

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.

Parabalaenoptera baulinensis Zeigler et al. 1997
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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: 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) Parabalaenoptera baulinensis (type locality: 46902)