Protororqualus

Pro-to-ro-kwal-us.
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Name

Protororqualus ‭(‬first rorqual‭)‬.

Phonetic

Pro-to-ro-kwal-us.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Artiodactyla,‭ ‬Cetacea,‭ ‬Balaenopteridae.

Diet

Filter feeder.

Species

P.‭ ‬cuverii‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Italy.

Time Period

Pliocene.

Fossil representation

Almost complete skull and post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Protororqualus is a genus of rorqual baleen whale that lived in European waters during the Pliocene period.‭ ‬Protororqualus is seen to be more primitive in form and living at time when other kinds of rorqual whales were already developing more advanced features.‭

Further reading

-‭ ‬Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic relationships of the rorqual-like mysticete from the Pliocene of Mount Pulgnasco,‭ ‬northern Italy‭ (‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Cetacea,‭ ‬Mysticeti‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Palaeontolographica Italica‭ ‬91:85-108.‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Bisconti‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

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