Archaebalaenoptera liesselensis Bisconti et al. 2020 (rorqual)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

Full reference: M. Bisconti, D. K. Munsterman, R. H. B. Fraaije, M. E. J. Bosselaers, and K. Post. 2020. A new species of rorqual whale (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) from the Late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the role of the North Atlantic in the paleobiogeography of Archaebalaenoptera. PeerJ 8:e8315

Belongs to Archaebalaenoptera according to M. Bisconti et al. 2022

See also Bisconti et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Archaebalaenoptera castriarquati, Archaebalaenoptera eusebioi

Type specimen: MAB002286 , a partial skull. Its type locality is Hoogdonk Sandpit, which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Diessen Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hoogdonk Sandpit

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