Parabalaenoptera

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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{{Automatic Taxobox

| fossil_range= {{fossilrange|Late Miocene}}

| taxon = Parabalaenoptera

| authority = Zeigler, 1997

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• P. baulinensis Zeigler, 1997 (type)

}}

Parabalaenoptera[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=64140 The Paleobiology Database Parabalaenoptera entry] is a genus of prehistoric baleen whale found in Marin County, California. The type species is P. baulinensis. It was estimated to be about the size of the modern gray whale,{{cite journal |last1 = Deméré |first1 = T.A. |last2 = Berta |first2 = A. |last3 = McGowen |first3 = M.R. |year = 2005 |title = The taxonomic and evolutionary history of fossil and modern balaenopteroid mysticetes |journal = Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume = 12 |issue = 1/2 |pages = 99–143 |doi = 10.1007/s10914-005-6944-3|s2cid = 90231 }} about {{convert|16|m}} long. It lived during the late Miocene.{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1080/02724631003762922| title = A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Stirone River, northern Italy (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)| year = 2010| last1 = Bisconti | first1 = M.| journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology| volume = 30| issue = 3| pages = 943–958| bibcode = 2010JVPal..30..943B| s2cid = 85348702}}