Balaenopteridae

Megaptera novaeangliae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mysticeti

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Whippomorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Mysticeti

Familia: Balaenopteridae
Genera: Balaenoptera – Megaptera – †Archaebalaenoptera – †Diunatans – †Parabalaenoptera – †Plesiobalaenoptera

Name

Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864

References

• Bisconti, M. 2007: A new basal balaenopterid from the Early Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology, 50: 1103–1122. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00696.x
• 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: 943-958. DOI: 10.1080/02724631003762922
• Bosselaers, M.; Post, K. 2010: A new fossil rorqual (Mammalia, Cetacea, Balaenopteridae) from the Early Pliocene of the North Sea, with a review of the rorqual species described by Owen and Van Beneden. Geodiversitas, 32: 331-363. ISSN: 1280-9659 PDF

links

• Balaenopteridae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Rorquals
suomi: Uurteisvalaat
日本語: ナガスクジラ科
한국어: 긴수염고래과
Türkçe: Çatal kuyruklu balinagiller

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