Norrisanima miocaena, a new generic name and redescription of a stem balaenopteroid mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Leslie, Matthew S., Peredo, Carlos Mauricio, Pyenson, Nicholas D.
• Other Authors: Smithsonian Institution’s Remington Kellogg Fund and the Basis Foundation, Smithsonian Institution’s G. Wayne Clough fellowship, Smithsonian Institution’s Secretary’s Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ 2019
• Subjects: baleen whales; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7629; https://peerj.com/articles/7629.pdf; https://peerj.com/articles/7629.xml; https://peerj.com/articles/7629.html

Rorqual whales are among the most species rich group of baleen whales (or mysticetes) alive today, yet the monophyly of the traditional grouping (i.e., Balaenopteridae) remains unclear. Additionally, many fossil mysticetes putatively assigned to either Balaenopteridae or Balaenopteroidea may actuall...