Balaenella
| Balaenella Temporal range: early Pliocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Mysticeti |
| Family: | Balaenidae |
| Genus: | Balaenella Bisconti, 2005 |
| Species | |
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†B. brachyrhynchus Bisconti, 2005 (type) | |
Balaenella is an extinct genus of balaenid from the early Pliocene of the vicinity of Antwerp, Belgium. Its type species is Balaena brachyrhynchus.
Classification
A cladistic analysis of Balaenidae places Balaenella as the sister taxon of the Bowhead Whale in a clade separate from right whales.[1]
References
- ↑ Bisconti, M. (2005). "Skull Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Diminutive Balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium". Palaeontology 48 (4): 793–816. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x. edit