Parietobalaena

Parietobalaena Temporal range: Miocene
Parietobalaena palmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Mysticeti
Family:	Pelocetidae
Genus:	Cetotherium Kellogg, 1924
Species
Parietobalaena affinis Parietobalaena laxata Parietobalaena palmeri Parietobalaena securis Parietobalaena yamaokai

Parietobalaena is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. It lived during the Miocene in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ The Paleobioly Database. "Parietobalaena". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=36797. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 
2. ^ Steeman, M.E. (March 2010). "The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene-Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1080/14772011003594961. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772011003594961#preview. 

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