Balaenoptera bertae is an extinct species of baleen whale that lived from about 3.35 to 2.5 million years ago, during the Pliocene, in the region of today's San Francisco Bay Area in California. Its fossils come from the Purisima Formation and it was described by Boessenecker in 2013. It is estimated to have been 5 to 6 metres long, slightly smaller than the modern minke whale, and is known from a partial skull that lacks a maxilla, the premaxillae and the nasals. The Paleobiology Database now lists the species under the name Marzanoptera bertae, so the genus placement shown on Wikipedia is not settled.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Balaenoptera bertae
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Balaenoptera bertae
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Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Balaenoptera bertae (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
in the region of today's San Francisco Bay Area
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Balaenoptera bertae
Paleobiology DatabaseExtant flag (ext), 0 means not extant
"ext": "0"
Ecospace, diet (jdt)
"jdt": "suspension feeder"
Ecospace, environment (jev)
"jev": "marine"
Child Taxon Of: Balaenopteridae, Classification, family (fml)
"fml": "Balaenopteridae"
View the Source Balaenoptera bertae (Wikipedia)
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in the region of today's San Francisco Bay Area
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