Skull morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new diminutive balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium

• Published in: Palaeontology
• Main Author: Bisconti, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Pliocene; Balaenidae [Right whales and bowhead whales]; Balaenula; Cetacea [whales; dolphins and porpoises]; Mysticeti [baleen whales]; Belgium; Beveren; Greenland; Kallo; baleen whales; bowhead whale
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=231801

A new small balaenid is described and compared to all fossil and living balaenid taxa. The specimen represents a new genus and species and is named Balaenella brachyrhynus. It was discovered in the Lower Pliocene of Kallo (north-west Antwerp, Belgium) and adds new information on the diversity and ev...