Balaenella
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Balaenella Temporal range: early Pliocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenidae |
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†Balaenella Bisconti, 2005 |
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†B. brachyrhynchus Bisconti, 2005 (type) |
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†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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