Parietobalaena

Parietobalaena
Temporal range: Miocene
Parietobalaena palmeri, AMNH
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Mysticeti
Family: Pelocetidae
Genus: Parietobalaena
Kellogg 1924, p. 1
Species

Parietobalaena is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.[1][2]

References

Notes

  1. "Parietobalaena". Fossilworks. Retrieved November 2013.
  2. Steeman 2010

Sources

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