Balaenomorpha

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ChaeomysticetiPBDB
Diet
carnivore, suspension feederPBDB, for Mysticeti
Life habit
aquaticPBDB, for Mysticeti
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Cetacea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Mysticeti

Time the record covers

At least 15 million years on record.

The record covers at least 15.98 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 495 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 137 of 495 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 177 of 495 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 67 of 495 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 6 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 6 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 13 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 16 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 13 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 10 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 10 occurrences9.3–8.4 Mya — about 10 occurrences8.4–7.4 Mya — about 10 occurrences7.4–6.5 Mya — about 15 occurrences6.5–5.6 Mya — about 16 occurrences5.6–4.6 Mya — about 54 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 67 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 50 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 26 occurrences1.9–928 ka Mya — about 17 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 148 occurrences15.98 Mya11.7 ka27.8 Mya0 Mya

495 occurrences of Balaenomorpha on record, most of them in the Pliocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

495 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

115 formations

Varswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.00°S, 18.00°EPurisima — 38.03°N, 122.96°WPurisima — 36.96°N, 121.96°WPurisima — 36.97°N, 121.95°WPurisima — 37.28°N, 122.41°WCalvert — 38.17°N, 76.85°WCalvert — 38.54°N, 76.73°WCalvert — 37.93°N, 77.51°WCalvert — 38.55°N, 76.52°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.80°WPisco — 15.56°S, 74.69°WPisco — 15.55°S, 74.80°WPisco — 15.50°S, 74.88°WYorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WYorktown — 37.20°N, 76.91°WSan Diego — 32.74°N, 117.17°WSan Diego — 32.63°N, 117.10°WSan Diego — 32.90°N, 117.10°WSan Diego — 32.64°N, 117.01°WRed Crag — 51.96°N, 1.35°EGroote Heide — 52.04°N, 6.67°ENamba — 34.67°N, 135.54°EBahía Inglesa — 27.08°S, 70.84°WBahía Inglesa — 27.14°S, 70.88°WBahía Inglesa — 27.04°S, 70.79°WBessho — 36.18°N, 137.89°EBessho — 36.30°N, 137.97°EKattendijk — 51.21°N, 4.43°EKattendijk — 51.26°N, 4.27°EBreda — 52.15°N, 6.61°EBreda — 51.97°N, 6.72°EBreda — 51.37°N, 3.91°EChoptank — 38.46°N, 76.47°WChoptank — 38.16°N, 76.77°WHuelva — 37.31°N, 6.84°WHuelva — 37.27°N, 6.95°WHuelva — 37.26°N, 6.95°WHuelva — 37.32°N, 6.68°WOmma — 36.57°N, 136.69°EOmma — 36.49°N, 136.72°EWhaler's Bluff — 38.36°S, 141.60°ESan Mateo — 33.21°N, 117.38°WOsarushinai — 43.40°N, 142.70°EOsarushinai — 42.92°N, 143.45°ESabbie d'Asti — 45.03°N, 11.85°ESabbie d'Asti — 44.99°N, 8.02°ESabbie d'Asti — 44.85°N, 8.25°ENa-arai — 35.81°N, 140.81°EBerchem — 51.15°N, 4.63°EBerchem — 51.20°N, 4.43°EBerchem — 51.17°N, 4.46°EHorokaoshirarika — 43.84°N, 141.88°EHorokaoshirarika — 43.81°N, 142.00°EWaccamaw — 33.10°N, 80.31°W

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The named rock units Balaenomorpha has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 91 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 238 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Balaenomorpha and its relatives

Pliocene

Where Balaenomorpha and its relatives were recorded in the Pliocene.

Found in the same rock

2,043 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 374 sites for Balaenomorpha, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

218 references

Each of the 495 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 206 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content0

No picture of Balaenomorpha was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata, iDigBio and Smithsonian Open Access were searched and had none.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Balaenomorpha, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Geisler and Sanders 2003