Archaeobalaena
| Archaeobalaena Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeobalaena |
| Species: | †A. dosanko
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| †Archaeobalaena dosanko Tanaka et. al., 2020
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Archaeobalaena is an extinct genus of balaenid that lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
A. 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. doi:10.1098/rsos.192182. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 7211833. PMID 32431893. Retrieved 19 February 2025 – via The Royal Society Publishing.