Archaeobalaena dosanko Tanaka et al. 2020 (right whale)

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

Belongs to Archaeobalaena according to Y. Tanaka et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FCCP 1049, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Tadoshi River, which is in a Zanclean marine tuff in the Chippubetsu Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tadoshi River

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