Balaenotus
Balaenotus is an extinct genus of cetaceans from the Pliocene of Belgium.[1]
Balaenotus | |
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Balaenotus insignis vertebra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | Balaenidae |
Genus: | †Balaenotus Van Beneden, 1872 |
Species | |
†B. insignis Van Beneden 1872 |
Classification
Balaenotus is known only from the type species B. insignis.[2][3]
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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
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