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Balaena ricei ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970894https://www.gbif.org/species/4970894
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)71868https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71868
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenidae : Balaena : Balaena ricei
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenidae : Balaena : Balaena ricei
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
orderCetaceaBrisson 1762
-PelagicetiUhen 2008
-NeocetiFordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborderMysticetiCope 1891
-Chaeomysticeti
familyBalaenidaeGray 1821
genusBalaenaLinnaeus 1758
speciesBalaena riceiWestgate & Whitmore 2002
Generic NameBalaena
Scientific NameBalaena ricei Westgate & Whitmore, 2002
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Balaena riceispeciesbelongs to Balaenastated without evidenceWestgate and Whitmore, 2002
Balaena riceispeciesbelongs to Balaenastated with evidenceMarx, 2011
Balaena riceispeciesbelongs to Balaenastated without evidenceChurchill et al., 2012
Balaena riceispeciesbelongs to Balaenastated with evidenceMarx and Fordyce, 2015
Balaena riceispeciesbelongs to Balaenastated without evidenceField et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Environmentmarine (based on Mysticeti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Balaenidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Cetacea)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. W. Westgate and F. C. Whitmore. 2002. Balaena ricei, a new species of bowhead whale from the Yorktown Formation (Pliocene) of Hampton, Virginia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:295-312

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Balaena ricei Westgate and Whitmore p. 297 figs. Figs. 3-33
2008Balaena ricei Uhen et al. p. 618
2009Balaena ricei Bisconti p. 153
2011Balaena ricei Marx p. 83 figs. Figure 2
2012Balaena ricei Churchill et al. p. 20
2015Balaena ricei Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2017Balaena ricei Field et al. figs. Table 1

References

Westgate J. W., Whitmore F. C. (2002) Balaena ricei, a new species of bowhead whale from the Yorktown Formation (Pliocene) of Hampton, Virginia, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93, 295-312
Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Mysticeti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 607-628
Marx F. G. (2011) The More the Merrier? A Large Cladistic Analysis of Mysticetes, and Comments on the Transition from Teeth to Baleen, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18, 77-100 doi:10.1007/s10914-010-9148-4
Marx F. G., Fordyce R. E. (2015) Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity, Royal Society Open Science 2, 140434 doi:10.1098/rsos.140434
Field D. J., Boessenecker R., et al (2017) The oldest marin vertebrate fossil from the volcanic island of Iceland: A partial right whale skull from the high latitude Pliocene Tjörnes Formation, Palaeontology doi:10.1111/pala.12275
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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