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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenidae : Balaenotus : Balaenotus insignis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenidae : Balaenotus : Balaenotus insignis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Balaenotus |
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| Scientific Name | Balaenotus insignis (Van Beneden, 1872) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaenotus | stated without evidence | Van Beneden, 1872 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaena | stated without evidence | Lydekker, 1887 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaena (Balaenotus) | stated without evidence | Newton, 1891 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaena | stated without evidence | Trouessart, 1898 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaenotus | stated without evidence | Abel, 1901 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaena | stated without evidence | Trouessart, 1904 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaenotus | stated without evidence | Pilleri, 1987 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaenula | stated without evidence | McLeod et al., 1993 | | Balaenotus insignis | species | belongs to Balaenotus | stated without evidence | Bisconti, 2003 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 1.81 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Mysticeti) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Balaenidae) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Cetacea) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23 |
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| Van Beneden P. J. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers, Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34, 6-23 |
| Vanden Broeck E. Esquisse Geologique & paleontologique des depots Pliocenes des Environs d'Anvers, Memoires de la Societe Malacologiques de Belgique 9, 87-374 |
| Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History) 5, 1-345 |
| Newton E. T. The vertebrata of the Pliocene deposits of Britain, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, 1-137 |
| Trouessart E. L. , Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilum 5, 665-1264 |
| Abel O. (1901) Les dauphins longirostres du Boldérien (Miocène supérieur) des environs d'Anvers, Mémoirs Museum Royal Histoire Naturelle Belgique 1, 1-95 |
| Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929 |
| Pilleri G. (1987) , The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene, 1-160 |
| Uhen M. D., Fordyce R. E., et al (2008) Mysticeti, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America II, 607-628 |
| 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 |
Balaenotus insignis ✝
