Balaenotus Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Bisconti . M. . Skull Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Diminutive Balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium . 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x . Palaeontology . 48 . 4 . 793–816 . 2005 . free . 2005Palgy..48..793B .
  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