Balaenoptera bertae | |
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B. bertae life restoration | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Balaenopteridae |
Genus: | Balaenoptera |
Species: | B. bertae
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Binomial name | |
Balaenoptera bertae Boessenecker, 2013
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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.
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]
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Balaenoptera bertae | |
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B. bertae life restoration | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Balaenopteridae |
Genus: | Balaenoptera |
Species: | B. bertae
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Binomial name | |
Balaenoptera bertae Boessenecker, 2013
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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.
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]
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