Parietobalaena

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]

Parietobalaena Temporal range: Miocene, 16.1–15.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Parietobalaena palmeri, AMNH
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Pelocetidae
Genus:	†Parietobalaena Kellogg 1924, p. 1
Species
P. affinis Van Beneden 1880, p. 21 P. campiniana Bisconti, Lambert & Bosselaers 2013 P. laxata Van Beneden 1880, p. 23 P. palmeri (type) Kellogg 1924, p. 2 P. (?) securis Kellogg 1931, p. 343 P. yamaokai Otsuka & Ota 2008

Mandible with tooth marks from Megalodon

Life restoration of Parietobalaena yamaokai and calf

References

Notes

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

Sources

• Bisconti, M.; Lambert, O.; Bosselaers, M. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic 'cetothere' mysticetes". Palaeontology. 56 (1): 95–127. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01168.x. ISSN 0031-0239. OCLC 826744606. Lay summary.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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. hdl:10088/15284. OCLC 631781115. Lay summary (November 2013).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Kellogg, R. (1931). "Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 19 (12): 217–397. Retrieved November 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Van Beneden, P, J. (1880). "Les Mysticètes à courts fanons des sables des environs d'Anvers". Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 2. 11–27. Retrieved November 2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)