Biology:Parabalaenoptera
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Parabalaenoptera is an extinct genus of baleen whale found in Late Miocene sediments in Marin County, California.[1] The type species is P. baulinensis. It was estimated to be about the size of the modern gray whale, about 16 metres (52 ft) long.[2] Zeigler placed P. baulinensis in the subfamily Parabalaenopterinae in 1997,[3] a clade which includes an extinct species of rorqual whales, also part of the Balaenopteridae family.[4]
References
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database Parabalaenoptera entry
- ↑ Deméré, T.A.; Berta, A.; McGowen, M.R. (2005). "The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12 (1/2): 99–143. doi:10.1007/s10914-005-6944-3.
- ↑ Bisconti, Michelangelo (2010). "A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (3): 943-958. doi:10.1080/02724631003762922.
- ↑ Bisconti, M. (2010). "A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (3): 943–958. doi:10.1080/02724631003762922. Bibcode: 2010JVPal..30..943B.
Template:Mysticeti Genera Wikidata ☰ Q7133685 entry [1]
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- ↑ Parabalaenopertinae
