Parietobalaena

{{Short description|Extinct genus of baleen whale}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Miocene, {{Temporal range|16.1|15.6}}

| image = Parietobalaena palmeri.jpg

| image_upright = 1.2

| image_caption = Parietobalaena palmeri, AMNH

| taxon = Parietobalaena

| authority = {{Harvnb|Kellogg|1924|p=1}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• P. affinis
  {{Harvnb|Van Beneden|1880|p=21}}
• P. campiniana
  {{Harvnb|Bisconti|Lambert|Bosselaers|2013}}
• P. laxata
  {{Harvnb|Van Beneden|1880|p=23}}
• P. palmeri (type)
  {{Harvnb|Kellogg|1924|p=2}}
• P. (?) securis
  {{Harvnb|Kellogg|1931|p=343}}
• P. yamaokai
  {{Harvnb|Otsuka|Ota|2008}}

}}

Parietobalaena is an extinct genus of baleen whale, belonging to the family Pelocetidae. Fossils are found in Miocene-aged marine strata in North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, including the Temblor and Itahashi formations.{{Cite web |title=Parietobalaena |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36797 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=Fossilworks}}{{Cite journal |last=Steeman |first=M. E. |date=March 2010 |title=The extinct baleen whale fauna from the Miocene-Pliocene of Belgium and the diagnostic cetacean ear bones |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=63–80 |doi=10.1080/14772011003594961 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2010JSPal...8...63S }}{{Cite journal |last1=Gol'din |first1=Pavel |last2=Radović |first2=Predrag |date=2018-01-22 |title=A Middle Miocene Baleen Whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia |url=https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/9751 |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research in Paleontology and Stratigraphy) |volume=124 |pages=N. 1 (2018) |doi=10.13130/2039-4942/9751}}{{Cite journal |last=Kellogg |first=R. |year=1931 |title=Pelagic mammals of the Temblor Formation of the Kern River region, California |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3148601#page/358/mode/2up |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |volume=19 |issue=12 |pages=217–397}} {{Cite journal |last=Tsai |first=Cheng-Hsui |date=22 October 2017 |title=A Miocene breeding ground of an extinct baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti) |journal=PeerJ |volume=5 |pages=e3711 |doi=10.7717/peerj.3711|doi-access=free |pmid=28848691 |pmc=5571789 }} Based on previous estimates of juvenile specimens, Tsai (2017) suggested a body size of 12-15 m for P. yamaokai, akin to that of the gray whale.File:Parietobalaena mandible with Megalodon tooth marks.jpg]]

File:Parietobalaena yamaokai life restoration.jpg