Balaenotus
| Balaenotus Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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| Balaenotus insignis vertebra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Cetacea |
| Suborder: | Mysticeti |
| Family: | Balaenidae |
| Genus: | Balaenotus Van Beneden, 1872 |
| Species | |
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†B. insignis Van Beneden 1872 | |
Balaenotus is an extinct genus of cetacean from the Pliocene of Belgium.[1]
Classification
Balaenotus is known only from the type species B. insignis.[2][3]
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.
- ↑ P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23
- ↑ M. Bisconti. 2003. Evolutionary history of Balaenidae. Craniium 20(1):9-50