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Parietobalaena palmeri

Description

Parietobalaena is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970944https://www.gbif.org/species/4970944
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)62938https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62938
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Pelocetidae : Parietobalaena : Parietobalaena palmeri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Parietobalaena : Parietobalaena palmeri
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
-PlicogulaeGeisler et al. 2011
superfamilyCetotherioideaSteeman 2007
genusParietobalaenaKellogg 1924
speciesParietobalaena palmeriKellogg 1924
Generic NameParietobalaena
Scientific NameParietobalaena palmeri Kellogg, 1924
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Parietobalaena palmerispeciesbelongs to Parietobalaenastated without evidenceKellogg, 1924
Parietobalaena palmerispeciesbelongs to Parietobalaenastated with evidenceMarx, 2011
Parietobalaena palmerispeciesbelongs to Parietobalaenastated without evidenceBisconti et al., 2013
Parietobalaena palmerispeciesbelongs to Parietobalaenastated with evidenceMarx and Fordyce, 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Mysticeti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietcarnivore, suspension feeder (based on Mysticeti)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Cetacea)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Kellogg. 1924. Description of a new genus and species of whalebone whale from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63(15):1-14
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietobalaena_palmeri

Fossil Distribution

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
YearName and Author
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

References

Kellogg R. (1924) Description of a new genus and species of whalebone whale from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63 15, 1-14
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
Abel O. (1938) Vorlaeufige mitteilungen ueber die revision der fossilen mystacoceten aus dem Tertiaer Belgiens, Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 14 1, 1-34
Bouetel V., Muizon C. (2006) The anatomy and relationships of Piscobalaena nanna (Cetacea, Mysticeti), a Cetotheriidae s.s. from the early Pliocene of Peru, Geodiversitas 28 2, 319-395
Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Mysticeti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 607-628
Steeman M. (2010) The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene-Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 1, 63-80
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
Bisconti M., Lambert O., et al (2013) Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic 'cetothere' mysticetes, Palaeontology 56 1, 95-127 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01168.x
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
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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