Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Balaenidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 356247

Full reference: M. Bisconti, O. Lambert, and M. Bosselaers. 2017. Revision of “Balaena” belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species. PeerJ 5:e3464

Belongs to Eubalaena according to M. Bisconti et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Eubalaena australis, Eubalaena glacialis, Eubalaena japonica, Eubalaena shinshuensis

Type specimen: RBINS M879a-f, Reg. 4019, I.G. 8652, a partial skeleton.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder