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Balaenella is an extinct genus of balaenid from the early Pliocene of the vicinity of Antwerp, Belgium. Its type species is Balaena brachyrhynchus.

Classification

A cladistic analysis of Balaenidae places Balaenella as the sister taxon of the bowhead whale in a clade separate from right whales.^[1]

References

^ Bisconti, M. (2005). "Skull Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Diminutive Balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium". Palaeontology 48 (4): 793–816. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x. edit

Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea

†Borealodon
†Coronodon
†Imerocetus
†Mioceta?
†Piscocetus
†Siphonocetus?
†Tretulias?
†Ulias?

†Aetiocetidae

†Llanocetidae

Llanocetus
Mystacodon

†Mammalodontidae

Janjucetus
Mammalodon

†Eomysticetoidea

Cetotheriopsis

†Eomysticetidae

†Hibacetus
†Isanacetus
†Isocetus
†Mauicetus
†Pinocetus
†Taikicetus
†Tiphyocetus
†Uranocetus

†Aglaocetidae

Aglaocetus

†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

Balaenopteroidea

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

Aetiocetus cotylalveus

Janjucetus hunderi

Horopeta umarere

Parietobalaena yamaokai

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