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Megaptera novaeangliae (Megaptera kusira)

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Belonging to	Gaeabionta ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota ⇒ Reich: Animalia ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia ⇒ Stamm: Chordata ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda ⇒ Klasse: Mammalia ⇒ Unterklasse: Theriiformes ⇒ Infraklasse: Holotheria ⇒ Superlegion: Trechnotheria ⇒ Legion: Cladotheria ⇒ Sublegion: Zatheria ⇒ Infralegion: Tribosphenida ⇒ Superkohorte: Theria ⇒ Unterklasse: Eutheria ⇒ Überordnung: Laurasiatheria ⇒ ohne Rang: Cetartiodactyla ⇒ Ordnung: Cetacea ⇒ Unterordnung: Mysticeti ⇒ Infraordnung: Chaeomysticeti ⇒ Klade: Plicogulae ⇒ Überfamilie: Balaenopteroidea ⇒ Familie: Balaenopteridae ⇒ Gattung: Megaptera
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This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

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Brisson, 1762

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Megaptera novaeangliae

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scientific	Balaena allamack	Gray, 1846 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Balaena atlanticus	Hurdis, 1897 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Balaena lalandii	Fischer, 1829 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Balaena longimana	Rudolphi, 1832 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
scientific	Balaena longipinna	Gray, 1846 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the British Cetacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17:82-85
scientific	Balaena nodosa	Bonnaterre, 1789 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
scientific	Balaenoptera antarctica	Temminck, 1841 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum
scientific	Balaenoptera astrolabae	Pucheran, 1853 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Balaenoptera capensis	Smith, 1835 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Balaenoptera leucopteron	Lesson, 1842 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Balaenoptera syncondylus	Muller, 1863 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Kyphobalaena keporkak	Van Beneden, 1868 Ref.: P. J. Van Beneden. 1868. Les squelettes des cetaces et les musees qui les renferment. Bulletins de L'academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 25:88-125
scientific	Megaptera americana	Gray, 1846 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
scientific	Megaptera antarctica	Temminck, 1841 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum
scientific	Megaptera bellicosa	Cope, 1871 Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1871. On Megaptera bellicosa. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 12(86):103-108
scientific	Megaptera boops	Fabricius, 1780 Ref.: P. J. Van Beneden and P. Gervais. 1880. Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux; ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle
scientific	Megaptera braziliensis	Cope, 1867 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Megaptera burmeisteri	Gray, 1866 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum
scientific	Megaptera gigas	Cope, 1865 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Megaptera indica	Gervais, 1883 Ref.: P. J. Clapham and J. G. Mead. 1999. Megaptera novaeangliae. Mammalian Species 604:1-9
scientific	Megaptera kusira	Gray, 1850 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1850. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea
scientific	Megaptera kuzira	Gray, 1850 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1850. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea
scientific	Megaptera lalandii	Gray, 1864 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1864. On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:195-248
scientific	Megaptera longimana	Rudolphi, 1832 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
scientific	Megaptera longipinna	Gray, 1846 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the British Cetacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17:82-85
scientific	Megaptera nodosa	Bonnaterre, 1789 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
scientific	Megaptera nodosa bellicosa	Cope, 1871 Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1871. On Megaptera bellicosa. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society 12(86):103-108
scientific	Megaptera nodosa novaezelandiae	Gray, 1864 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1864. On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:195-248
scientific	Megaptera nodosa osphyia	Cope, 1865 Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1865. Note on a species of hunchback whale. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17(4):178-181
scientific	Megaptera novaezealandiae	Gray, 1864 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1864. On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:195-248
scientific	Megaptera novaezelandiae	Gray, 1864 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1864. On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:195-248
scientific	Megaptera osphyia	Cope, 1865 Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1865. Note on a species of hunchback whale. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17(4):178-181
scientific	Megaptera poeskop	Gray, 1846 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1846. On the cetaceous animals. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 & 2:1-53
scientific	Megaptera versabilis	Cope, 1869 Ref.: E. D. Cope. 1869. Megaptera versabilis, in Scammon. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22:15-16
scientific	Physalus antarcticus	Temminck, 1841 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum
scientific	Poescopia lalandii	Gray, 1866 Ref.: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum
scientific	Rorqualus antarcticus	Cuvier, 1836 Ref.: F. Cuvier. 1836. De l'istoire Naturelle des Cetaces

Recombined

scientific

Balaena novaeangliae

Brisson, 1762
Ref.: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 0.781 Ma - End age: 0 Ma

Phanerozoic
(Phanerozoikum)

Cenozoic
(Känozoikum)

Quaternary
(Quartär)

Holocene
(Holozän)

Pleistocene
(Pleistozän)

Meghalayan
(Meghalayan)

Northgrippian
(Nordgrippian)

Greenlandian
(Greenlandian)

Upper Pleistocene
(Oberes Pleistozän)

Ionian
(Mittleres Pleistozän)

Calabrian
(Unteres Pleistozän)

0
0.0042

0.0042
0.0082

0.0082
0.0117

0.0117
0.129

0.129
0.774

0.774
1.8

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Motility:	actively mobile
Environment:	marine
Diet:	suspension feeder
Compositon of the remains:	Hydroxyapatite

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On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 4)

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References by PBDB, License: CC BY

F. G. Marx, 2015 - Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity - Royal Society Open Science (2), 14043- (journal article, English)

J. G. Mead, 2005 - Order Cetacea - Mammalian Species of the World (), 723-743 (book/book chapter, English)

P. J. Clapham, 1999 - Megaptera novaeangliae - Mammalian Species (604), 1-9 (journal article, English)

P. Hershkovitz, 1966 - Catalog of Living Whales - United States National Museum Bulletin (246), 1-259 (journal article, English)

P. J. Van Beneden, 1880 - - Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles, comprenant la description et l'iconographie du squelette et du système dentaire de ces animaux; ainsi que des documents relatifs à leur histoire naturelle (), 1-634 (book/book chapter, French)

E. D. Cope, 1871 - On Megaptera bellicosa - Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society (12), 103-108 (journal article, English)

E. D. Cope, 1869 - [Megaptera versabilis], in Scammon - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (22), 15-16 (journal article, English)

P. J. Van Beneden, 1868 - Les squelettes des cetaces et les musees qui les renferment - Bulletins de L'academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (25), 88-125 (journal article, English)

J. E. Gray, 1866 - - Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum (), 1-402 (book, English)

E. D. Cope, 1865 - Note on a species of hunchback whale - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (17), 178-181 (journal article, English)

J. E. Gray, 1864 - On the Cetacea which have been observed in the seas surrounding the British Islands - Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London (1864), 195-248 (journal article, English)

J. E. Gray, 1850 - - Catalogue of the Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of all the species and figures of the genera. Part I. Cetacea (), 1-153 (book, English)

J. E. Gray, 1846 - On the British Cetacea - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (17), 82-85 (journal article, English)

J. E. Gray, 1846 - On the cetaceous animals - The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Capt. Sir J. C. Ross, R. N., F. R. S., during the years 1839 to 1843 (1 & 2), 1-53 (book/book chapter, English)

F. Cuvier, 1836 - - De l'istoire Naturelle des Cetaces (), 1-416 (book/book chapter, English)

M. J. Brisson, 1762 - - Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2 (), - (book, other)

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Database ID	105396