| Balaenotus Temporal range:
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| Balaenotus insignis vertebra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenidae |
| Genus: | †Balaenotus Van Beneden, 1872 |
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†B. insignis Van Beneden 1872 | |
Balaenotus is an extinct genus of cetaceans from the Pliocene of Belgium.[1]
- ^ Bisconti, M. (2005). "Skull Morphology and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Diminutive Balaenid from the Lower Pliocene of Belgium". Palaeontology. 48 (4): 793–816. Bibcode:2005Palgy..48..793B. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00488.x.