Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Synonyms: Cyphobalaena Marschall 1873, Kyphobalaena Eschricht , Megaptera (Poescopia) Gray 1864, Perqualus Gray 1846, Poescopia Gray 1864

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011

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

Subtaxa: Megaptera miocaena, Megaptera novaeangliae

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Type: Balaena novaeangliae

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder