Nehalaennia devossi Bisconti et al. 2019 (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: M. Bisconti, D. K. Munsterman, and K. Post. 2019. A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the evolution of balaenopterid diversity (Cetacea, Mysticeti). PeerJ 7(e6915):1-54

Belongs to Nehalaennia according to M. Bisconti et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMR 999100014035, a partial skull (partial skull including periotics). Its type locality is Pit De Griete, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Breda Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pit De Griete

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.