ammonites
Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati Bisconti 2007 (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

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

Belongs to Archaebalaenoptera according to M. Bisconti 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SBAER 240536, a skull. Its type locality is Rio Carbonari, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in Italy.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder