Herentalia

Herentalia; Temporal range: late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Cetotheriidae
Genus:	†Herentalia; Bisconti, 2015
Species
	†H. nigra Bisconti, 2015 (type)

Herentalia is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Herpetocetinae. Remains have been found in Late Miocene marine deposits in Belgium.

Description

Herentalia is distinguished from other cetotheriids in being larger and more robust, and in having ascending processes of the maxilla with rounded posterior ends. The species name nigra means "black" and refers to the color of the fossilized bone of the holotype.^[1]

References

^ Bisconti, Michelangelo (2015). "Anatomy of a new cetotheriid genus and species from the Miocene of Herentals, Belgium, and the phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships of Cetotheriidae s.s. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (5): 377–395. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.890136.

[1] Bisconti, Michelangelo (2015). "Anatomy of a new cetotheriid genus and species from the Miocene of Herentals, Belgium, and the phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships of Cetotheriidae s.s. (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (5): 377–395. doi:10.1080/14772019.2014.890136.

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