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: Matthew S. Leslie, Carlos Mauricio Peredo, Nicholas D. Pyenson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019
• Subjects: Baleen whale; Fossil calibration; Rorqual; Cetacean; Evolution; Balaenopteroidea; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; baleen whale; baleen whales; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7629; https://doaj.org/article/d7bd429264114621ba66404c95d94860

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...