Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Full reference: M. Bisconti, S. Chicchi, P. Monegatti, M. Scacchetti, R. Campanini, S. Marsili, and G. Carnevale. 2023. Taphonomy, osteology and functional morphology of a partially articulated skeleton of an archaic Pliocene right whale from Emilia Romagna (NW Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 62

Parent taxon: Balaenidae according to M. Bisconti et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Charadrobalaena valentinae

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Type: Charadrobalaena valentinae

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at San Valentino Castle (Pliocene of Italy)

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