Antwerpibalaena
| Antwerpibalaena Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †A. liberatlas
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| Binomial name | |
| †Antwerpibalaena liberatlas De Lavigerie et. al., 2020
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Antwerpibalaena is an extinct genus of balaenid that lived during the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
Antwerpibalaena liberatlas fossils are known from Belgium.[1]
References
- ^ de Lavigerie, Guillaume Duboys; Bosselaers, Mark; Goolaerts, Stijn; Park, Travis; Lambert, Olivier; Marx, Felix G. (17 July 2020). "New Pliocene right whale from Belgium informs balaenid phylogeny and function". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (14): 1141–1166. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1746422. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.