†Balaenotus orcianensis Pilleri 1987 (right whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae
Full reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160
Belongs to Balaenotus according to E. Cioppi 2014
See also Bianucci and Landini 2005 and Pilleri 1987
Sister taxa: Balaenotus insignis, Balaenotus lawleyi
Type specimen: IGF 1647 V, an other (fragment of right periotic). Its type locality is Orciano Pisano, which is in a Piacenzian open shallow subtidal mudstone in Italy.
Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Orciano Pisano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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