Named By: | G. Pilleri & H. J. Siber in 1989 |
Time Period: | Mid-Late Miocene (Mayoan-Huayquerian & Clarendonian)~11.608-5.332 Ma |
Location: | Peru - Pisco Formation. USA, Florida - Bone Valley Formation |
Size: | Skull about 1 meter long. Total body size roughly estimated at up to about 5 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore/filter feeder |
Fossil(s): | Skulls and partial remains of a few individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Cetotheriidae | |
Piscobalaena is an extinct genus of cetaceans, which lived from the Middle to Late Miocene epochs (about 11.6 to 5.3 million years ago) in Peru and Florida. Its fossils have been found in the Pisco Formation of Peru and the Bone Valley Formation of Florida. At least some individuals of this diminutive whale were preyed on by the shark C. megalodon.