Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: M. Bosselaers and D. K. Munsterman. 2022. The discovery of a Balaenomorpha (Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n. sp.) from the upper Miocene of the Netherlands sheds new light on the cranial anatomy of archaic rorqual relatives. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 44(30):933-973

Parent taxon: Balaenomorpha according to M. Bosselaers and D. K. Munsterman 2022

Sister taxa: Balaenoidea, Thalassotherii, Thinocetus

Subtaxa: Persufflatius renefraaijeni

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Type: Persufflatius renefraaijeni

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hoogdonk Sandpit (Miocene of Netherlands)

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