Balaenotus

Balaenotus
Temporal range: Pliocene
Balaenotus insignis vertebra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Balaenidae
Genus: †Balaenotus
Van Beneden, 1872
Species

†B. insignis Van Beneden 1872
(Type)

Balaenotus is an extinct genus of cetaceans from the Pliocene of Belgium.

Classification

Balaenotus is known only from the type species B. insignis.

References

  1. ↑ Bisconti, M. (2005). "Skull Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Diminutive Balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium". Palaeontology. 48 (4): 793–816. Bibcode:2005Palgy..48..793B. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ M. Bisconti. 2003. Evolutionary history of Balaenidae. Craniium 20(1):9-50