"Balaenoptera" ryani is an extinct species of rorqual, in the family Balaenopteridae, from the late Miocene of California. It was described by Hanna and McLellan in 1924 from a partial skull, specimen CASG 1733, found in the Monterey Formation at Saucito Rancho and dated to the Tortonian. It was first placed in the genus Balaenoptera, which is why the genus is written in quotation marks, but a 2005 review by Demere, Berta and McGowen found it more primitive than any living or fossil balaenopterid and in need of a new genus name. Zeigler and colleagues had placed it in the Cetotheriidae in 1997.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Balaenoptera ryani
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Balaenoptera ryani
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Source "Balaenoptera" ryani (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
from the late Miocene of California
Sources
1. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Balaenoptera ryani
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"
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