Английская Википедия:Balaenoptera bertae

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Balaenoptera bertae is an extinct species of baleen whale that lived from 3.35 to 2.5 Mya during the Pliocene[1] in the region of today's San Francisco Bay Area. Il held, also during the early to middle Neogene, a diverse assembly of cetaceans. Their fossilized remains were found in the Purisima Formation.[2] The species Balaenoptera bertae was discovered in 2013.

Description

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Balaenoptera bertae and other Half Moon Bay fossil mammals

Balaenoptera bertae is estimated to be Шаблон:Convert.[3] It is slightly smaller than the modern minke whale. It is known from a partial skull which is missing a maxilla, premaxillae and nasals.[4]

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