Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Alternative spellings: Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus), Cetotherium (Plesiocetus)
Invalid subtaxa: Balaena brialmonti Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) goropi Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera garopii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera goropi Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera goropii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Balaenoptera musculoides Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Cetotherium (Plesiocetus) brialmonti Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Cetotherium brialmonti Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus brialmonti Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus brialmontii Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus garopii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus giganteus Vanden Broeck 1874 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus goropii Van Beneden 1859 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus intermedius Vanden Broeck 1874 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus rostratus Vanden Broeck 1874 [nomen dubium], Plesiocetus tertius Vanden Broeck 1874 [nomen dubium]
Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1859. Rapport de M. Van Beneden. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 8:123-146
Parent taxon: Balaenopteridae according to M. Steeman 2010
Sister taxa: Agaphelinae, Archaebalaenoptera, Balaenoptera, Balaenopterinae, Cetotheriophanes, Diunatans, Eschrichtiinae, Megaptera, Megapterinae, Notiocetus, Parabalaenoptera, Parabalaenopterinae, Plesiobalaenoptera, Praemegaptera, Praemegapterinae, Protororqualus, Pterobalaena, Rorqualus
Subtaxa: Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) cortesii, Plesiocetus dubius, Plesiocetus dyticus, Plesiocetus gervaisii, Plesiocetus hupschii, Plesiocetus minor, Plesiocetus occidentalis
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder