Balaenotus

Extinct genus of cetaceans

Balaenotus Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Balaenotus insignis vertebra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenidae
Genus:	†Balaenotus Van Beneden, 1872
Species
†B. insignis Van Beneden 1872 (Type)

Balaenotus is an extinct genus of cetaceans from the Pliocene of Belgium.^[1]

Classification

Balaenotus is known only from the type species B. insignis.^[2]^[3]

^ Bisconti, M. (2005). "Skull Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Diminutive Balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium". Palaeontology. 48 (4): 793–816. Bibcode:2005Palgy..48..793B. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x.
^ 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
^ M. Bisconti. 2003. Evolutionary history of Balaenidae. Craniium 20(1):9-50

Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies

Chaeomysticeti

†Eomysticetoidea

Balaenomorpha

Thalassotherii

†Aglaocetidae

†Diorocetidae

†Tranatocetidae

†Cephalotropis †Journocetus †Otradnocetus †Palaeobalaena? †Titanocetus? †Tiucetus
†Cetotheriinae	Brandtocetus Cetotherium Ciuciulea Eucetotherium Kurdalagonus Mithridatocetus Vampalus Zygiocetus
Herpetocetinae	Caperea †Herentalia †Herpetocetus †Metopocetus †Miocaperea †Nannocetus †Piscobalaena

†Eobalaenoptera
Balaenopteridae	†Archaebalaenoptera †Archaeschrichtius Balaenoptera †Burtinopsis? †Cetoteriophanes †Diunatans †Eschrichtioides Eschrichtius †Gricetoides †Incakujira Megaptera †Megapteropsis? †Miobalaenoptera †Nehalaennia †Notiocetus †Parabalaenoptera †Plesiobalaenoptera †Plesiocetus †Praemegaptera †Protororqualus