Balaenopteridae

Balaenoptera physalus, Saint-Laurent, Canada

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mysticeti

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Mysticeti

Familia: Balaenopteridae
Genera: †Archaebalaenoptera – Balaenoptera – †Diunatans – †Marzanoptera – Megaptera – †Parabalaenoptera – †Plesiobalaenoptera – ? Pterobalaena – ? Rorqualus

Name

Balaenopteridae J. E. Gray, 1864

Typus: Balaenoptera
Lacépède, 1804

Alternative classifications

Hassanin et al. (2012)

Hassanin, A.; Delsuc, F.; Rpiquet, A.; Hammer, C.; Vuuren, B. J.; Matthee, C.; Ruiz-Garcia, M.; Gatzeflis, F.; Areskoug, V.; Nguyen, T. T.; Couloux, A. (2012). "Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomes". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 335 (1): 32–50. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2011.11.002. PMID: 22226162.

Family Balaenopteridae

• Pterobalaena
  • Pterobalaena acutorostrata
  • Pterobalaena bonaerensis
• Eschrichtius
  • Eschrichtius robustus
• Balaenoptera
  • Balaenoptera physalus
• Megaptera
  • Megaptera novaeangliae
• Rorqualus
  • Rorqualus musculus
  • Rorqualus omurai
  • Rorqualus borealis
  • Rorqualus edeni
    • Rorqualus edeni brydei
    • Rorqualus edeni edeni

References

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864. 203.
• Bisconti, M. 2007. A new basal balaenopterid from the Early Pliocene of northern Italy. Palaeontology 50: 1103–1122. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00696.x
• Bisconti, M. 2010. A new balaenopterid whale from the Late Miocene of the Stirone River, Northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 943–958. DOI: 10.1080/02724631003762922
• Bosselaers, M. & Post, K. 2010. A new fossil rorqual (Mammalia, Cetacea, Balaenopteridae) from the Early Pliocene of the North Sea, with a review of the rorqual species described by Owen and Van Beneden. Geodiversitas 32: 331–363. PDF.
• Balaenopteridae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Hassanin, A.; Delsuc, F.; Rpiquet, A.; Hammer, C.; Vuuren, B. J.; Matthee, C.; Ruiz-Garcia, M.; Gatzeflis, F.; Areskoug, V.; Nguyen, T. T.; Couloux, A. (2012). "Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomes". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 335 (1): 32–50. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2011.11.002. PMID: 22226162.
• Marx, F. G., Fordyce, R. E., 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2(4): 140434. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140434.
• Burgin, C.J., Wilson, D.E., Mittermeier, R.A., Rylands, A.B., Lacher, T.E., Sechrest, W. 2020. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. 2 volumes. Vol 1: Monotremata to Rodentia. 631 pp. ISBN 978-84-16728-34-3. Vol 2: Eulipotyphla to Carnivora. 535 pp. ISBN 978-84-16728-35-0. Reference page.  [1]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Furchenwale
English: Rorquals
suomi: Uurteisvalaat
magyar: Barázdásbálna-félék
日本語: ナガスクジラ科
한국어: 긴수염고래과
Nederlands: Vinvissen
norsk: Finnhvaler
polski: Fałdowce, Płetwalowate
svenska: Fenvalar
ไทย: วาฬอกร่อง
Türkçe: Çatal kuyruklu balinagiller

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