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Name - Megaptera miocaena Kellogg 1922

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3449857 [metadata]

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Mammalia (Class)
Cetacea (Order)

References

Original Description Reference

  • Description of the skull of Megaptera miocaena, a fossil Humpback Whale from the Miocene diatomaceous earth of Lompoc, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 61(art. 14) 1922: pp. 1-18. [Zoological Record Volume 59]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • Description of the skull of Megaptera miocaena, a fossil Humpback Whale from the Miocene diatomaceous earth of Lompoc, California.
  • Norrisanima miocaena, a new generic name and redescription of a stem balaenopteroid mysticete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California.

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