Parietobalaena

Parietobalaena
Temporal range: Miocene, 16.1–15.6 Ma
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Parietobalaena palmeri, AMNH
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:†Pelocetidae
Genus:†Parietobalaena
Kellogg 1924, p. 1
Species
Mandible with tooth marks from Megalodon
Life restoration of Parietobalaena yamaokai and calf

Parietobalaena is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.[1][2]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Parietobalaena". Fossilworks. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Steeman 2010

Sources

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  • Kellogg, R. (1924). "Description of a new genus and species of whalebone whale from the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 63 (2483): 1–14. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.63-2483.1. OCLC 631781115. Retrieved November 2013. Lay summary (November 2013). Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  • Kellogg, R. (1931). "Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Science. 19 (12): 217–397. Retrieved November 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  • Otsuka, H.; Ota, Y. (2008). "Cetotheres from the early Middle Miocene Bihoku Group in Shobara District, Hiroshima Prefecture, West Japan". Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History. 49: 1–66. Lay summary (November 2013).
  • Steeman, M. E. (March 2010). "The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene-Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1080/14772011003594961.
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