Balaena larteti Van Beneden 1882 (bowhead whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Alternative combination: Balaena lartetii

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1882. Description des Ossements Fossiles des Environs D'Anvers Troisieme Partie: Cetaces Genera: Megaptera, Balenoptera, Burtinopsis & Erpetocetus. Annales du Musee Royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 7:1-90

Belongs to Balaena according to E. L. Trouessart 1904

See also Trouessart 1898 and Van Beneden 1882

Sister taxa: Balaena arcuata, Balaena balsami, Balaena dubusi, Balaena macrocephalus, Balaena meneghinii, Balaena molassica, Balaena montalionis, Balaena mysticetus, Balaena pampaea, Balaena ricei, Balaena tannenbergii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Landes, which is in a Neogene marine horizon in France

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Landes

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