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Balaenella

Balaenella
Temporal range: early Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Balaenidae
Genus: Balaenella
Bisconti, 2005
Species

B. brachyrhynchus Bisconti, 2005 (type)


B. brachyrhynchus Bisconti, 2005 (type)

Balaenella is an extinct genus of balaenid from the early Pliocene of the vicinity of Antwerp, Belgium. Its type species is Balaena brachyrhynchus.

A cladistic analysis of Balaenidae places Balaenella as the sister taxon of the bowhead whale in a clade separate from right whales.



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