THE FOSSIL WHALE, BALAENOPTERA DAVIDSONII (COPE 1872), WITH A REVIEW OF OTHER NEOGENE SPECIES OF BALAENOPTERA (CETACEA: MYSTICETI)

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Author: Demeré, Thomas A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1986
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Pacific; Rorqual; Beneden; Van Beneden; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; minke whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1986.tb00136.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1986.tb00136.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1986.tb00136.x

A bstract The Pliocene fossil whale, Eschrichtius davidsonii Cope 1872, is actually a balaenopterid mysticete referable to the modern genus Balaenoptera Lacépède 1804. Redescription of the holotype of B. davidsonii (a partial left dentary), together with the discovery and description of a nearly com...