Balaenula forsythmajori Pilleri 1987

Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Alternative combination: Balaena forsythmajori

Full reference: G. Pilleri. 1987. The Cetacea of the Italian Pliocene 1-160

Belongs to Balaenula according to S. Dominici et al. 2018

See also Cioppi 2014 and Pilleri 1987

Sister taxa: Balaenula astensis, Balaenula balaenopsis, Balaenula praediolensis

Type specimen: IGF 1624 V, an other (Periotic). Its type locality is Pieve Santa Luce, which is in a Piacenzian coastal mudstone in Italy.

Distribution: found only at Pieve Santa Luce

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