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Balaenoptera ryani
Taxonomy
Balaenoptera ryani was named by Hanna and McLellan (1924). Its type specimen is CASG 1733, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saucito Rancho, which is in a Tortonian marine shale in California.
Sister species
B. brevicauda, B. cephalus, B. davidsonii, B. fasciata, B. floridana, B. minutis, B. physalus (syn. Benedenia knoxii, B. gibbar, B. rorqual, B. antiquorum, Physalus brasiliensis, Physalus duguidii, Physalus fasciatus, Physalus patachonicus, Swinhoia chinensis, Balaena antiquorum, B. patachonica, B. velifera, B. quoyi, B. copei, Balaena sulcata arctica, Balaena sulcata, B. blythi, B. boops), B. sursiplana, B. taiwanica
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Balaenoptera ryani Hanna and McLellan pp. 238-240 figs. 5-9 |
| 1930 | Balaenoptera ryani Hay p. 575 |
| 2005 | Balaenoptera ryani Demere et al. p. 119 |
| 2008 | Balaenoptera ryani Uhen et al. p. 619 |
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