Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2010. A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, Northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):943-958

Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Bisconti 2010

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

Subtaxa: Plesiobalaenoptera quarantellii

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Type: Plesiobalaenoptera quarantellii

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder