Balaenotus insignis Van Beneden 1872 (right whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Alternative combinations: Balaena (Balaenotus) insignis, Balaena insignis, Balaenula insignis

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

Belongs to Balaenotus according to D. J. Field et al. 2017

See also Abel 1901, Bisconti 2003, Lydekker 1887, McLeod et al. 1993, Newton 1891, Pilleri 1987, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen et al. 2008, Van Beneden 1872 and Vanden Broeck 1874

Sister taxa: Balaenotus lawleyi, Balaenotus orcianensis

Type specimen: none designated. Its type locality is Stuyvenberg, which is in a Zanclean/Piacenzian marine sandstone in Belgium.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Italy (3)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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