Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

Full reference: T. Kimura, K. Narita, T. Fujita and Y. Hasegawa. 2007. A new species of Eubalaena (Cetacea: Mysticeti: Balaenidae) from the Gonda Formation (latest Miocene-early Pliocene) of Japan. Bulletin of the Gunma Museum of Natural History 11:15-27

Belongs to Eubalaena according to T. Kimura et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Eubalaena australis, Eubalaena belgica, Eubalaena glacialis

Type specimen: SFMCV-0024, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Shinshushinmachi, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marginal marine horizon in the Gonda Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): skull length 3217.0