Project 2044: Fordyce, R.E., Marx, F.G. 2018. Gigantism precedes filter feeding in baleen whale evolution. Current Biology. 28:1670-1676.e2.

Specimen reference source
Vouchered

Taxonomic name
† Balaenula astensis

Institution code for specimens repository
MSNTUP

Repository catalog number
I12555

Bibliographic References
Bisconti, M. 2000. New description, character analysis and preliminary phyletic assessment of two Balaenidae skulls from the Italian Pliocene. Palaeontographia Italica. Vol. 87, pp. 37-66.

Trevisan, L. 1941. Una nuova specie di Balaenula pliocenica. Palaeontographia Italica. Vol. 40, pp. 1-13.

Specimen created by
Felix Marx

Specimen created on
June 20 2012 at 0:37:06

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