Balaenoptera siberi
| Balaenoptera siberi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus: | Balaenoptera |
| Species: | †B. siberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Balaenoptera siberi Pilleri, 1989 | |
Balaenoptera siberi is an extinct species of baleen whale from the Messinian of the Miocene, discovered in 1989 in the Pisco Formation of Peru. Only a skull has been found.[1]
References
- ↑ Thomas A. Demeré; Annalisa Berta; Michael R. McGowen. "The Taxonomic and Evolutionary History of Fossil and Modern Balaenopteroid Mysticetes" (PDF).
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