Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2007. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of the rorqual-like mysticete from the Pliocene of Mount Pulgnasco, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Palaeontolographica Italica 91:85-108

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Bisconti 2007

Sister taxa: Agaphelinae, Archaebalaenoptera, Balaenoptera, Balaenopterinae, Cetotheriophanes, Diunatans, Eschrichtiinae, Megaptera, Megapterinae, Notiocetus, Parabalaenoptera, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Plesiocetus, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Pterobalaena, Rorqualus

Subtaxa: Protororqualus cuvieri

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Type: Balaena cuvierii

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder