Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: A. Portis. 1886. Catalogo descrittivo dei Talassoterii rinevnuti nei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e Della Ligura. Memorie della Reale Accademia Scienze di Torino 37(2):247-365

Belongs to Balaenoptera (Plesiocetus) according to A. Portis 1886

Sister taxa: Plesiocetus dubius, Plesiocetus dyticus, Plesiocetus gervaisii, Plesiocetus hupschii, Plesiocetus minor, Plesiocetus occidentalis

Type specimen: MGPT 13803, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Montafia, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in Italy.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): skull 1980.0 x 750.0