Full reference: C. V. Zeigler, G. L. Chan, and L. G. Barnes. 1997. A new late Miocene balaenopterid whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti), Parabalaenoptera baulinensis, (new genus and species) from the Santa Cruz Mudstone, Point Reyes Peninsula, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 50(4):115-138
Parent taxon: Panbalaenopteroidea according to M. S. Leslie et al. 2019
See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Deméré et al. 2005, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Marx and Fordyce 2015, Marx et al. 2016, Uhen et al. 2008 and Zeigler et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Kennedycetus, Norrisanima, Pelocetus
Subtaxa: Parabalaenoptera baulinensis
Type: Parabalaenoptera baulinensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bolinas Point (Miocene of California)
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