Parabalaenoptera
Extinct genus of mammals
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Parabalaenoptera is an extinct genus of baleen whale found in Late Miocene sediments in Marin County, California.[1] The type species is P. baulinensis. It was estimated to be about the size of the modern gray whale, about 16 metres (52 ft) long.[2] Zeigler placed P. baulinensis in the subfamily Parabalaenopterinae in 1997,[3] a clade which includes an extinct species of rorqual whales, also part of the Balaenopteridae family.[4]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Balaenopteridae |
| Genus: | †Parabalaenoptera Zeigler, 1997 |
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