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Balaenoptera sp.

genus Balaenoptera Lacépède, 1804

• Modern species: Miocene - Present (13.7 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Cetartiodactyla, infraorder Cetacea, superfamily Mysticeti, family Balaenopteridae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Hiroshima
• Pliocene: Hokkaido
• Pleistocene: Hokkaido

• Subtaxa
• B. acutorostrata, aff., Minke whale
• B. borealis, Sei whale