Archaeobalaena

Archaeobalaena; Temporal range: Zanclean PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenidae
Genus:	† Archaeobalaena
Species:	†A. dosanko
Binomial name
	†Archaeobalaena dosanko; Tanaka et. al., 2020

Last updated June 06, 2025

Archaeobalaena is an extinct genus of balaenid whale that lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Archaeobalaena dosanko is known from fossils found in the Chippubetsu Formation of Japan.^[1]

References

↑ Tanaka, Yoshihiro; Furusawa, Hitoshi; Kimura, Masaichi (22 April 2020). "A new member of fossil balaenid (Mysticeti, Cetacea) from the early Pliocene of Hokkaido, Japan". Royal Society Open Science . 7 (4): 192182. Bibcode:2020RSOS....792182T. doi:10.1098/rsos.192182. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 7211833 . PMID 32431893.

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[1] Tanaka, Yoshihiro; Furusawa, Hitoshi; Kimura, Masaichi (22 April 2020). "A new member of fossil balaenid (Mysticeti, Cetacea) from the early Pliocene of Hokkaido, Japan". Royal Society Open Science . 7 (4): 192182. Bibcode:2020RSOS....792182T. doi:10.1098/rsos.192182. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 7211833 . PMID 32431893.

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