Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid whale from the Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50(5):1103-1122

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Bisconti 2007

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

Subtaxa: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati

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Type: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder