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Archaebalaenoptera

Description

Archaebalaenoptera is a genus of extinct rorqual known from late Miocene to Pliocene-age marine deposits of the Netherlands, northern Italy, and Peru.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970996https://www.gbif.org/species/4970996
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)106909https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=106909
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Archaebalaenoptera
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
superfamilyThalassotheriiBisconti et al. 2013
familyBalaenopteridaeGray 1864
genusArchaebalaenopteraBisconti 2007
Scientific NameArchaebalaenoptera Bisconti, 2007
Name Published InArticle title: A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaebalaenopteragenusbelongs to Balaenopteridaestated without evidenceBisconti, 2007
Archaebalaenopteragenusbelongs to Balaenopteridaestated with evidenceGol'din and Steeman, 2015
Archaebalaenopteragenusbelongs to Balaenopteridaestated without evidenceBoessenecker and Fordyce, 2015
Archaebalaenopteragenusbelongs to Balaenopteridaestated with evidenceMarx et al., 2016
Archaebalaenopteragenusbelongs to Balaenopteridaestated without evidenceBerta, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Mysticeti)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cetacea)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Balaenopteridae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Cetacea)
Ontogenymodification of parts (based on Cetacea)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Bisconti. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5):1103-1122
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaebalaenoptera

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
25.33 Ma
Miocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2007Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti p. 1104
2014Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti and Francou p. 35
2015Archaebalaenoptera Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1
2015Archaebalaenoptera Gol'din and Steeman p. 13 figs. Figure 10
2015Archaebalaenoptera Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2
2016Archaebalaenoptera Marx et al. p. 114
2017Archaebalaenoptera Berta p. 168
2020Archaebalaenoptera Bisconti et al. p. 6

References

Bisconti M. (2007) A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy, Palaeontology 50 5, 1103-1122
Bisconti M., Francou C. (2014) I cetacei fossili conservati presso il Museo Geologico di Castell’Arquato (Piacenza), Museologia Scientifica Memoire 13, 31-36
Boessenecker R. W., Fordyce R. E. (2015) A new genus and species of eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and a reinterpretation of ‘Mauicetus’ lophocephalus Marples, 1956: Transitional baleen whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society doi:10.1111/zoj.12297
Gol'din P., Steeman M. E. (2015) From problem taxa to problem solver: A new Miocene family, Tranatocetidae, brings perspective on baleen whale evolution, PLoS One 10 9, e0135500 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135500
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
Marx F. G., Lambert O., et al (2016) Cetacean Paleobiology, 1-319
Berta A. (2017) , The Rise of Marine Mammals: 50 Million Years of Evolution, 1-198
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Palaeontology 50. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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