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Extinct genus of mammals

Nehalaennia
Temporal range: Late Miocene Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Balaenopteridae
Genus: †Nehalaennia
Bisconti, Munstermann & Post, 2019
Species: N. devossi
Binomial name
Nehalaennia devossi
Bisconti, Munstermann & Post, 2019

Nehalaennia is an extinct genus of baleen whale that inhabited the North Sea during the Late Miocene. It is known from the species Nehalaennia devossi.

References

  1. Bisconti, Michelangelo; Munsterman, Dirk K.; Post, Klaas (17 May 2019). "A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the evolution of balaenopterid diversity (Cetacea, Mysticeti)". PeerJ. 7: e6915. doi:10.7717/peerj.6915. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6526909. PMID 31149399.
Taxon identifiers
Nehalaennia


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