†Balaenella Bisconti 2005 (right whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2005. Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new diminutive balaenid from the lower Pliocene of Belgium. Palaeontology 48(4):793-816
Parent taxon: Balaenidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bisconti 2005, Bisconti 2009, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Gol'din and Steeman 2015 and Marx and Fordyce 2015
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Balaenella brachyrhynus
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kallo, Kattendijk Fm. (Pliocene of Belgium)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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