Mysticeti

Megaptera novaeangliae ex aequore erumpit

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Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Mammalia 
Ordo : Artiodactyla 
Infraordo : Cetacea 
Parvordo : Mysticeti 

   

Palaeontologia

Formula:Temporal range

Subdivisiones: familiae

†Aetiocetidae Balaenopteridae Balaenidae Cetotheriidae †Eomysticetidae Eschrichtiidae †Mammalodontidae

Synonyma

* Mystacoceti

Sceletus Eschrichtii robustii.

Lamina balaenarum adiunctarum in capillis decrescunt.

Cor Balaenopterae musculus et homo.

Megapterae novaeangliae praedam per rete bullarum quaerunt.

Reliquia Eubalaenae glacialis.

Janjucetus hunderi refectus.

Mysticeti sunt parvordo mammalium marinorum infraordinis Cetaceorum, late distributus variusque carnivororum grex. Familias Balaenidarum, Balaenopteridarum, Cetotheriidarum, et Eschrichtiidarum comprehendunt. Sunt quindecim Mysticetorum species vivae. Mysticeti ab odontocetis abhinc annorum 34 milliones fere deflexerunt.

Magnitudine variant a 6 metra et 3000 kg ponderis (Caperea marginata) ad 31 metra et 190 megatonnae ponderis (Balaenoptera musculus), maximum animal notum quod umquam existit.

Taxinomia

Mysticeti in quattuor familiis exstantibus consistunt, quae sunt Balaenidae, Balaenopteridae, Cetotheriidae, Eschrichtiidae.

Classificatio

• Parvordo Mysticeti
  • †Coronodon
  • Familia †Aetiocetidae
    • †Aetiocetus
    • †Ashorocetus
    • †Chonecetus
    • †Fucaia
    • †Morawanocetus
    • †Willungacetus
  • †Family Llanocetidae
    • †Llanocetus
  • †Familia Mammalodontidae
    • †Janjucetus
    • †Mammalodon
  • †Familia Mystacodontidae
    • †Mystacodon
  • Cladus Chaeomysticeti
    • †Horopeta
    • †Sitsqwayk
    • †Whakakai
    • Superfamilia Eomysticetoidea
      • †Familia Cetotheriopsidae
        • †Cetotheriopsis
      • †Familia Eomysticetidae
        • †Eomysticetus
        • †Micromysticetus
        • †Tohoraata
        • †Tokarahia
        • †Waharoa
        • †Yamatocetus
    • Cladus Balaenomorpha
      • Superfamilia Balaenoidea
        • Familia Balaenidae
          • Balaena
          • †Balaenella
          • †Balaenotus
          • †Balaenula
          • Eubalaena
          • †Idiocetus
          • †Morenocetus
          • †Peripolocetus
      • Cladus Thalassotherii
        • †Hibacetus
        • †Isocetus
        • †Parietobalaena
        • †Isanacetus
        • †Mauicetus
        • †Pinocetus
        • †Taikicetus
        • †Tiphyocetus
        • †Uranocetus
        • Familia †Aglaocetidae
          • † Aglaocetus
        • †Familia Diorocetidae
          • †Amphicetus
          • †Diorocetus
          • †Plesiocetopsis
          • †Thinocetus
        • †Familia Pelocetidae
          • †Cophocetus
          • †Pelocetus
        • †Familia Tranatocetidae
          • †Mesocetus
          • †Mixocetus
          • †Tranatocetus
        • Familia Cetotheriidae
          • †Brandtocetus
          • †Cephalotropis
          • †Cetotherium
          • †Eucetotherium
          • †Herentalia
          • †Herpetocetus
          • †Joumocetus
          • †Kurdalagonus
          • †Metopocetus
          • †Mithridatocetus
          • †Nannocetus
          • †Otradnocetus
          • †Palaeobalaena?
          • †Piscobalaena
          • †Titanocetus?
          • †Tiucetus
          • †Vampalus
          • †Zygiocetus
        • Familia Neobalaenidae
          • Caperea
          • †Miocaperea
      • Superfamilia Balaenopteroidea
        • †Eobalaenoptera
        • Familia Balaenopteridae
          • †Archaebalaenoptera
          • Balaenoptera
          • †Burtinopsis (nomen dubium)
          • †Cetotheriophanes
          • †Diunatans
          • Megaptera
          • †Notiocetus
          • †Parabalaenoptera
          • †Plesiobalaenoptera
          • †Plesiocetus
          • †Praemegaptera
          • †Protororqualus
        • Familia Eschrichtiidae
          • †Archaeschrichtius
          • †Eschrichtioides
          • Eschrichtius
          • †Gricetoides
          • †Megapteropsis (nomen dubium)
  • incertae sedis
    • Amphiptera
    • †Halicetus
    • †Imerocetus
    • †Mioceta (nomen dubium)
    • †Piscocetus
    • †Siphonocetus (nomen dubium)
    • †Tretulias (nomen dubium)
    • †Ulias (nomen dubium)

Bibliographia

• Bannister, John L. 2008. Baleen Whales (Mysticetes). In Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, ed. William F. Perrin, Bernd Würsig, et J. G. M. Thewissen, 80–89. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9.
• Cavendish, Marshall (2010). [(Textus apud Google Books) "Gray whale"]. Mammal Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide. Marshall Cavendish Corporation. ISBN 978-0-7614-7882-9 
• Cope, E. D. (1891). "Syllabus of Lectures on Geology and Paleontology". Ferris Brothers. p. 69 
• Deméré, T. A.; Berta, A.; McGowen, M. R. (2005). "The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12 (1): 99–143 
• Feldhamer, George A.; Drickamer, Lee; Vessey, Stephen C.; Merritt, Joseph H.; Krajewski, Carey F. (2015). [(Textus apud Google Books) "Cetacea"]. Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-1588-8 
• Rice, Dale W. 1998. Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy 1–231. OCLC 40622084.
• Tinker, Spencer W. 1988. Whales of the World. Brill Archive. ISBN 978-0-935848-47-2.
• Uhen, M. D. 2010. The Origin(s) of Whales. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 38 (1): 189–219. doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-040809-152453. Bibcode 2010AREPS..38..189U.

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Mysticetos spectant.

Vide "Mysticetos" apud Vicispecies.