Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Alternative combinations: Balaena musculus, Balaenoptera musculus

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 Rorqualus according to A. Hassanin et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Rorqualus edeni, Rorqualus omurai

Type specimen: 1. Its type locality is Firth of Forth, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in the United Kingdom.

Average measurements (in mm): humerus length 450.6, radius length 770.7, skull 3683.0 x 1683.0, ulna length 750.3

Estimated body mass: 81.1 tons based on humerus length, radius length, and ulna length