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Balaenula balaenopsis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Taxonomy
Balaena balaenopsis was named by Van Beneden (1872). Its type specimen is IRSNB Ct.M.858a-b, 853d, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 865a-b, 867a-c, 868, 869a-b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stuyvenberg, which is in a Zanclean/Piacenzian marine sandstone in Belgium.

It was recombined as Balaena (Balaenula) balaenopsis by Newton (1891); it was recombined as Balaenula balaenopsis by Van Beneden (1872), Flot (1895), Van Deinse (1935), Pilleri (1987), McLeod et al. (1993), Bianucci (1996), Bisconti (2003), Uhen et al. (2008), Bisconti (2009), Field et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Balaena balaenopsis Van Beneden p. 11
1872Balaenula balaenopsis Van Beneden p. 411
1874Balaena balaenopsis Vanden Broeck p. 198
1887Balaena balaenopsis Lydekker p. 20
1891Balaena (Balaenula) balaenopsis Newton p. 60
1895Balaenula balaenopsis Flot p. 114
1898Balaena balaenopsis Trouessart p. 1089
1904Balaena balaenopsis Trouessart p. 786
1935Balaenula balaenopsis Van Deinse p. 298
1987Balaenula balaenopsis Pilleri p. 125
1993Balaenula balaenopsis McLeod et al. p. 55
1996Balaenula balaenopsis Bianucci p. 67
2003Balaenula balaenopsis Bisconti pp. 28-29
2008Balaenula balaenopsis Uhen et al. p. 618
2009Balaenula balaenopsis Bisconti p. 153
2017Balaenula balaenopsis Field et al.

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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
superfamilyBalaenoidea
familyBalaenidae()
genusBalaenula
speciesbalaenopsis()

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.

†Balaenula balaenopsis Van Beneden 1872
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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: Nowak 1991, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Gelasian or 20.45000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Balaenula balaenopsis (57732)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Netherlands Balaenula balaenopsis (75152)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Netherlands Balaenula balaenopsis (53889)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Antwerpen) Balaenula balaenopsis (67029)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Zedelgem) Balaenula balaenopsis (type locality: 67027)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy Balaenula balaenopsis (47428)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Balaena balaenopsis (48093)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Netherlands Balaenula balaenopsis (189574)