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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.
References
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