Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Full reference: Y. Tanaka, H. Furusawa, and M. Kimura. 2020. A new member of fossil balaenid (Mysticeti, Cetacea) from the early Pliocene of Hokkaido, Japan. Royal Society Open Science 7:192182

Parent taxon: Balaenidae according to Y. Tanaka et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Archaeobalaena dosanko

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Type: Archaeobalaena dosanko

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tadoshi River (Pliocene of Japan)

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