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Neobalaenidae Gray, 1873 
AphiaID: 231385

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Cetartiodactyla (Order) > Cetancodonta (Suborder) > Cetacea (Infraorder) > Mysticeti (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Mysticeti
Sources  basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Shirihai, H. 2002 A complete guide to Antarctic Wildlife: the Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean Alula Press FI 510 pp [details]

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 Genus Caperea Gray, 1864

Genus Neobalaena Gray, 1870 accepted as Caperea Gray, 1864
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231385
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-05-17 09:54:26Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2007-12-22 19:25:59Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-08-20 11:25:36Z  checked  Perrin, William
2009-03-09 09:51:41Z  changed  Perrin, William
  
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  Citation: Perrin, W. (2013). Neobalaenidae Gray, 1873. In: Perrin, W.F. (2013) World Cetacea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231385 on 2013-05-26
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