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'''''Parabalaenoptera baulinensis''''' is a species of [[prehistoric]] [[baleen whale]] found in [[Marin County, California]]<ref>[http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=46902&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database]</ref>. It was estimated to be about the size of the modern [[grey whale]], about 16 meters (52 Feet) long.<ref name = "Deméré 2005">
'''''Parabalaenoptera baulinensis''''' is a species of [[prehistoric]] [[baleen whale]] found in [[Marin County, California]]<ref>[http://www.paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicCollectionSearch&collection_no=46902&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database]</ref>. It was estimated to be about the size of the modern [[grey whale]], about 16 meters (52 Feet) long. It lived during the late [[Miocene]]<ref name = "Deméré 2005">
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Parabalaenoptera baulinensis[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
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Family:
Balaenopteridae
Genus:
Parabalaenoptera
Species:
P. baulinensis
Binomial name
Parabalaenoptera baulinensis
Zeigler, 1997

Parabalaenoptera baulinensis is a species of prehistoric baleen whale found in Marin County, California[2]. It was estimated to be about the size of the modern grey whale, about 16 meters (52 Feet) long. It lived during the late Miocene[3].

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  3. ^ Deméré, Thomas A.; Berta, Annalisa; McGowen, Michael R. (2005). "The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 12 (1/2). doi:10.1007/s10914-005-6944-3. {{cite journal}}: Text "pages 99-143" ignored (help)