Cetotheriophanes capellinii is an extinct rorqual, the species recorded in the Paleobiology Database for the genus Cetotheriophanes, which comes from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of northern Italy. The genus was first described as a subgenus of Cetotherium in 1873 and was raised to full genus rank in 1875. Some later authors treated it as a synonym of Balaenoptera, but recent work suggests that Cetotheriophanes is distinct from Balaenoptera. The Paleobiology Database lists the species, credited to Brandt in 1873, as an extinct marine suspension feeder in the family Balaenopteridae.
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Cetotheriophanes capellinii
In Biome
Marine, Biomes Source Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Cetotheriophanes capellinii
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Source Cetotheriophanes (Wikipedia)Lead, where foundQuote, Lead, where found
is an extinct rorqual from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of Northern Italy
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1. Paleobiology Database: Paleobiology Database taxon record: Cetotheriophanes capellinii
Paleobiology DatabaseExtant flag (ext), 0 means not extant
"ext": "0"
Extant flag (ext), extinct status
"ext": "0"
Ecospace, diet (jdt)
"jdt": "suspension feeder"
Ecospace, environment (jev)
"jev": "marine"
In Biome: Marine, Ecospace, environment (jev), biome
"jev": "marine"
Child Taxon Of: Balaenopteridae, Classification, family (fml)
"fml": "Balaenopteridae"
View the Source Cetotheriophanes (Wikipedia)
Lead, where found
is an extinct rorqual from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of Northern Italy
In Group: Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises), Lead
is an extinct rorqual from the late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of Northern Italy
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