Archaeobalaena
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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 whale that lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Archaeobalaena dosanko is known from fossils found in the Chippubetsu Formation of Japan.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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