Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Synonym: Balaena prisca Nilsson 1847

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae (Stockholm) 1-823

Belongs to Balaena according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Balaena affinis, Balaena arcuata, Balaena cullamach, Balaena dubusi, Balaena forsythmajori, Balaena larteti, Balaena macrocephalus, Balaena montolionis, Balaena pampaea, Balaena ricei, Balaena simpsoni, Balaena vulgaris

Subtaxa: Balaena mysticetus pittekajensis, Balaena mysticetus roysii

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Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): humerus length 598.0, scapula length 1063.0

Estimated body mass: 103.5 tons based on humerus length