Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Alternative spelling: Balaena (Balaenula)

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. Churchill et al. 2011

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

Subtaxa: Balaenula astensis, Balaenula balaenopsis

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Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder