Eubalaena australis Desmoulins 1822 (southern right whale)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Balaenidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 67679
Alternative combinations: Balaena australis, Eubalaena glacialis australis
Synonyms: Balaena antarctica Lesson 1828 (no. 70683), Balaena antipodarum Gray 1843 (no. 129207)
Full reference: A. Desmoulins. 1822. Baleine. Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle 155-165
Belongs to Eubalaena according to M. Bisconti et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Eubalaena glacialis, Eubalaena ianitrix, Eubalaena japonica, Eubalaena shinshuensis
Type specimens:
- Eubalaena australis: MNHM unnumbered specimen, a skeleton. Its type locality is Cape of Good Hope, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in South Africa.
- Balaena antarctica:
- Balaena antipodarum:
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder