Plesiobalaenoptera
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Plesiobalaenoptera is a genus of extinct rorqual which existed in Italy during the late Miocene epoch.[1] The type species is P. quarantellii. It is the oldest known rorqual from the Mediterranean basin. Fossils have been found from sediments of the Stirone River in northern Italy (44.8°N 10.0°E / 44.8; 10.0, paleocoordinates 43.9°N 10.5°E / 43.9; 10.5)[2] that were deposited during the Tortonian age, around 11 to 7 million years ago.[1]
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Plesiobalaenoptera | |
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Holotype specimen of P. quarantellii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Balaenopteridae |
Genus: | †Plesiobalaenoptera Bisconti, 2010 |
Species | |
P. quarantellii (type) |
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