Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Alternative combination: Balaenotus meneghinii

Full reference: G. Capellini. 1876. L'uomo pliocenico in Toscana. Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei. Della Classe di Scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali 3(2):451-464

Belongs to Balaena according to E. L. Trouessart 1904

See also Capellini 1876, Capellini 1876 and Trouessart 1898

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte Aperto, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in Italy

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Monte Aperto

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