Parietobalaena

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

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, including the Temblor and Itahashi formations. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} Based on previous estimates of juvenile specimens, Tsai (2017) suggested a body size of 12-15 m for P. yamaokai, akin to that of the gray whale. ^[5]

Mandible with tooth marks from megalodon

Life restoration of Parietobalaena yamaokai and calf

References

1. "Parietobalaena". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. 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. Bibcode:2010JSPal...8...63S. doi: 10.1080/14772011003594961 .
3. Gol'din, Pavel; Radović, Predrag (2018-01-22). "A Middle Miocene Baleen Whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research in Paleontology and Stratigraphy). 124: N. 1 (2018). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/9751.
4. 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.
5. Tsai, Cheng-Hsui (22 October 2017). "A Miocene breeding ground of an extinct baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti)". PeerJ. 5 e3711. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3711 . PMC   5571789 . PMID   28848691.

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. Bibcode:2013Palgy..56...95B. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01168.x . ISSN   0031-0239. OCLC   826744606.
  • "M. Bisconti et al. 2013". The Paleobiology Database. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14.
• 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.
  • "R. Kellogg 1924". Fossilworks.
• 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.
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• Van Beneden, P, J. (1880). "Les Mysticètes à courts fanons des sables des environs d'Anvers". Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. 2. 11–27.