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Palaeobalaena ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7237055	https://www.gbif.org/species/7237055
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	36790	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36790

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenopteridae : Palaeobalaena

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Cetotheriidae : Palaeobalaena

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Mysticeti	Cope 1891
-	Chaeomysticeti
family	Cetotheriidae
genus	Palaeobalaena	Woodward & Sherborn 1890

Scientific Name

Palaeobalaena Woodward & Sherborn, 1890

Name Published In

Cat. Brit. Foss. Vert.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palaeobalaena	genus	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	Moreno, 1882
Palaeobalaena	genus	belongs to Balaenidae	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1889
Palaeobalaena	genus	nomen nudum Balaenidae	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1894
Palaeobalaena	genus	subjective synonym of Balaena	stated without evidence	Trouessart, 1898
Palaeobalaena	genus	belongs to Balaenidae	stated without evidence	Palmer, 1904
Palaeobalaena	genus	belongs to Cetotheriidae	stated with evidence	Kellogg, 1931
Palaeobalaena	genus	belongs to Cetacea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Mysticeti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

carnivore, suspension feeder (based on Mysticeti)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Cetacea)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Mysticeti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. P. Moreno. 1882. Patagonia resto de un antiguo continente hoy sumerjido. Contributions al Estudio de las Collecciones del Museo Antropologico y Arqueologico 1882:1-37

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Palaeobalaena bergi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Palaeobalaena Moreno p. 22
1889	Palaeobalaena Ameghino p. 888
1904	Palaeobalaena Palmer p. 498
1931	Palaeobalaena Kellogg p. 307
2002	Palaeobalaena Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Moreno F. P. Patagonia resto de un antiguo continente hoy sumerjido, Contributions al Estudio de las Collecciones del Museo Antropologico y Arqueologico 1882, 1-37

Ameghino F. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic], Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6, xxxii-1027

Palmer T. S. (1904) Index generum mammalium: a list of the genera and families of mammals, North American Fauna 23, 1-984

Kellogg R. (1931) Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 19 12, 217-397

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Cat. Brit. Foss. Vert. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - 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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