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PISCOBALAENA
(pis-ko-bah-leen-ah)
Piscobalaena
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 |
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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.

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