''Balaenotus'' is an extinct genus of cetaceans from the

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

Classification

''Balaenotus'' is known only from the type species ''B. insignis''.M. Bisconti. 2003. Evolutionary history of Balaenidae. Craniium 20(1):9-50

References

Fossils of Belgium Balaenidae Prehistoric cetacean genera Fossil taxa described in 1872 Pliocene cetaceans {{paleo-whale-stub