Archaeobalaena

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Archaeobalaena Temporal range: Zanclean PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Balaenidae
Genus:	†Archaeobalaena
Species:	†A. dosanko
Binomial name
†Archaeobalaena dosanko Tanaka et al., 2020

Archaeobalaena is an extinct genus of balaenid whale that lived during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Archaeobalaena dosanko is known from fossils found in the Chippubetsu Formation of Japan.