Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: W. H. Flower. 1865. Notes on the skeletons of whales in the principal museums of Holland and Belgium, with descriptions of two species apparently new to Science. 1864:384-420

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Bisconti 2008

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder