Balaenotus

Balaenotus Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Balaenotus insignis vertebra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenidae
Genus:	†Balaenotus Van Beneden, 1872
Species
†B. insignis Van Beneden 1872 (Type)

Balaenotus is an extinct genus of cetaceans from the Pliocene of Belgium.[1]

Classification

Balaenotus is known only from the type species B. insignis.[2][3]

References

1. Bisconti, M. (2005). "Skull Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Diminutive Balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium". Palaeontology. 48 (4): 793–816. Bibcode:2005Palgy..48..793B. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x.
2. P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23
3. M. Bisconti. 2003. Evolutionary history of Balaenidae. Craniium 20(1):9-50