Persufflatius
 | This article relies on a single source. (February 2025) |
| Persufflatius Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Genus: | †Persufflatius Bosselaers & Munstermann, 2022 |
| Species: | †P. renefraaijeni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Persufflatius renefraaijeni Bosselaers & Munstermann, 2022 | |
Persufflatius is an extinct genus of balaenomorph whale that inhabited the North Sea during the Late Miocene. It contains a single species, P. renefraaijeri.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Bosselaers, Mark; Munsterman, Dirk K. (27 October 2022). "The discovery of a Balaenomorpha (Persufflatius renefraaijeni n. gen., n. sp.) from the upper Miocene of the Netherlands sheds new light on the cranial anatomy of archaic rorqual relatives". Geodiversitas. 44 (30). doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a30. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 3 February 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.
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