Palaeobalaena
Name:
Palaeobalaena
(Ancient balaena).
Phonetic: Pa-lay-o-bah-lay-nah.
Named By: F. P. Moreno - 1882.
Synonyms: Balaena bergi.
Classification: Chodata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae.
Species: P. bergi (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Filter feeder.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina - Santa Cruz
Formation.
Time period: Langhian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Palaeobalaena was a primitive baleen whale that lived in the waters around South America during the Miocene.
Further reading
- Patagonia resto de un antiguo continente hoy sumerjido. -
Contributions al Estudio de las Collecciones del Museo Antropologico y
Arqueologico 1882:1-37. - F. P. Moreno - 1882.
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