Parabalaenoptera

Parabalaenoptera Temporal range: Late Miocene 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:	Balaenopteridae
Genus:	†Parabalaenoptera Zeigler, 1997
Species
P. baulinensis Zeigler, 1997 (type)

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]

References

1. The Paleobiology Database Parabalaenoptera entry
2. Deméré, T.A.; Berta, A.; McGowen, M.R. (2005). "The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 12 (1/2): 99–143. doi:10.1007/s10914-005-6944-3. S2CID 90231.
3. Bisconti, Michelangelo (2010). "A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 943–958. doi:10.1080/02724631003762922. S2CID 85348702.
4. Bisconti, M. (2010). "A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 943–958. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..943B. doi:10.1080/02724631003762922. S2CID 85348702.

^[1]

1. Parabalaenopertinae