Herentalia nigra Bisconti 2014 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae

Full reference: M. Bisconti. 2014. Anatomy of a new cetotheriid genus and species from the Miocene of Herentals, Belgium, and the phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships of Cetotheriidae s.s. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Belongs to Herentalia according to P. Gol'din and M. E. Steeman 2015

See also Bisconti 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZMA 5069, a partial skull. Its type locality is Berchem, Canal d'Herenthals, which is in a Tortonian lagoonal sandstone in the Diest Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Berchem, Canal d'Herenthals

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