Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Alternative spelling: Balaena (Balaenotus)

Invalid subtaxa: Balaena lawleyi Capellini 1876 [nomen nudum], Balaena meneghinii Capellini 1876 [nomen nudum], Balaenotus lawley Capellini 1876 [nomen nudum], Balaenotus lawleyi Capellini 1876 [nomen nudum], Balaenotus meneghinii Capellini 1876 [nomen nudum]

Full reference: 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

Parent taxon: Balaenidae according to M. D. Uhen 2015

Sister taxa: Balaena, Balaenella, Balaenina, Balaeninae, Balaenula, Eubalaena, Idiocetus, Morenocetus

Subtaxa: Balaenotus insignis, Balaenotus orcianensis

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Type: Balaenotus insignis

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder