Balaenoptera bertae
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus: | Balaenoptera |
| Species: | B. bertae |
| Binomial name | |
| Balaenoptera bertae Boessenecker, 2013 | |
Balaenoptera bertae is an extinct species of baleen whale that lived from 3.35 to 2.5 Mya during the Pliocene[1] in the region of today's San Francisco Bay Area. Il held, also during the early to middle Neogene, a diverse assembly of cetaceans. Their fossilized remains were found in the Purisima Formation.[2] The species Balaenoptera bertae was discovered in 2013.
Description
Balaenoptera bertae is estimated to be 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 ft).[3] It is slightly smaller than the modern minke whale. It is known from a partial skull which is missing a maxilla, premaxillae and nasals.[4]
References
- ^ Boessenecker, Robert W. (September 2012). "Geodiversitas". 35 (4): 815–940. doi:10.5252/g2013n4a5. S2CID 85940452.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Strange marine mammals of ancient North Pacific revealed". Phys.org. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
- ^ "AAAS". Archived from the original on 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "Fossilworks Balaenoptera bertae Boessenecker 2013".