Classification of the family Balaenidae

Fm. Balaenidae Gray 1821 [right whale]
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G. †Antwerpibalaena de Lavigerie et al. 2020
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†Antwerpibalaena liberatlas de Lavigerie et al. 2020
G. †Archaeobalaena Tanaka et al. 2020
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†Archaeobalaena dosanko Tanaka et al. 2020
G. Balaena Linnaeus 1758 [bowhead whale]
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†Balaena arcuata Boitard 1844
†Balaena dubusi Van Beneden 1872
†Balaena larteti Van Beneden 1882
†Balaena macrocephalus Desmoulins 1822
†Balaena meneghinii Capellini 1876
†Balaena montalionis Capellini 1904
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 [bowhead whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena prisca Nilsson 1847 [synonym], Balaena vulgaris Brisson 1762 [synonym]
†Balaena pampaea Ameghino 1891
†Balaena ricei Westgate and Whitmore 2002
Invalid names: Balaena balsami Cornalia 1870 [nomen nudum], Balaena molassica Bronn 1837 [nomen dubium], Balaena tannenbergii Rathke 1837 [nomen dubium]
G. †Balaenella Bisconti 2005
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†Balaenella brachyrhynus Bisconti 2005
G. †Balaenotus Van Beneden 1872
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†Balaenotus insignis Van Beneden 1872
†Balaenotus lawleyi Capellini 1876
†Balaenotus orcianensis Pilleri 1987
G. †Balaenula Van Beneden 1872
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†Balaenula astensis Trevisan 1942
†Balaenula balaenopsis Van Beneden 1872
†Balaenula forsythmajori Pilleri 1987
Invalid names: Balaenula praediolensis Cuscani Politi 1961 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Charadrobalaena Bisconti et al. 2023
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†Charadrobalaena valentinae Bisconti et al. 2023
G. Eubalaena Gray 1864 [right whale]
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Eubalaena australis Desmoulins 1822 [southern right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena antarctica Lesson 1828 [synonym], Balaena antipodarum Gray 1843 [synonym]
Eubalaena glacialis Muller 1776 [North Atlantic right whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena aleoutiensis Van Beneden 1866 [synonym], Balaena biscayensis Eschricht 1860 [synonym], Balaena islandica Brisson 1762 [synonym], Balaena nordcaper Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Balaena swedenborgi Lilljeborg 1868 [synonym], Balaena tarentina Capellini 1877 [synonym], Eubalaena sieboldii Gray 1864 [synonym], Halibalaena britannica Gray 1870 [synonym], Hunterius temminckii Gray 1864 [synonym], Macleayius australiensis Gray 1866 [synonym]
†Eubalaena ianitrix Bisconti et al. 2017
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Invalid names: Balaena cullamach Chamisso 1868 [synonym]
†Eubalaena shinshuensis Kimura et al. 2007
Invalid names: Halibalaena Gray 1873 [synonym], Hunterius Flower 1864 [synonym], Macleayius Gray 1864 [synonym]
G. †Idiocetus Capellini 1876
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†Idiocetus guicciardinii Capellini 1876
Invalid names: Idiocetus tsugarensis Matsumoto 1926 [nomen dubium]
G. †Morenocetus Cabrera 1926
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†Morenocetus parvus Cabrera 1926
G. †Peripolocetus Kellogg 1931
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†Peripolocetus vexillifer Kellogg 1931
Invalid names: Balaena belgica Abel 1941 [nomen dubium], Balaena dubia Bravard 1858 [nomen dubium], Balaena etrusca Capellini 1872 [nomen nudum], Balaena paronai Del Prato 1900 [nomen nudum], Balaena primigenius Van Beneden 1872 [nomen nudum], Balaeninae Flower 1867 [empty], Balaenini Gray 1825 [empty], Eucetites Ameghino 1901 [nomen dubium]