Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Caracteres diagnosticos de cincuenta especies nuevas de mamiferos fosiles argentinos. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1(3):129-167
Belongs to Balaena according to E. L. Trouessart 1904
See also Ameghino 1891 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Balaena arcuata, Balaena balsami, Balaena dubusi, Balaena larteti, Balaena macrocephalus, Balaena meneghinii, Balaena molassica, Balaena montalionis, Balaena mysticetus, Balaena ricei, Balaena tannenbergii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Blanca, which is in a Calabrian marine horizon in the Pampeana Formation of Argentina
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bahia Blanca
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