Template:Taxonomy/Megabalaena

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Ancestral taxa
Domain:	Eukaryota		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Podiata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Supergroup:	Amorphea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Obazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Opisthokonta		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Holozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Filozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Choanozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom:	Animalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Bilateria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Nephrozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum:	Deuterostomia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum:	Chordata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Olfactores		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subphylum:	Vertebrata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Eugnathostomata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Osteichthyes		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Sarcopterygii		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Rhipidistia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Eotetrapodiformes		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Elpistostegalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Stegocephali		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Tetrapoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Reptiliomorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amniota		[Taxonomy; edit]
.....	.....
Class:	Mammalia	/skip	[Taxonomy; edit]
.....	.....
Subclass:	Theria	/skip	[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Eutheria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraclass:	Placentalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Magnorder:	Boreoeutheria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Scrotifera		[Taxonomy; edit]
Grandorder:	Ferungulata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Pan-Euungulata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Mirorder:	Euungulata		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Paraxonia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Order:	Artiodactyla		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Artiofabula		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Cetruminantia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Cetancodontamorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Suborder:	Whippomorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Cetaceamorpha		[Taxonomy; edit]
Infraorder:	Cetacea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Parvorder:	Mysticeti		[Taxonomy; edit]
Family:	Balaenidae		[Taxonomy; edit]
Genus:	†Megabalaena		[Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent:	Balaenidae [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank:	genus (displays as Genus)
Link:	†Megabalaena
Extinct:	yes
Always displayed:	yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:	Tanaka1, Yoshihiro; Kimura, Toshiyuki; Shinmura, Tatsuya; Ohira, Hiroto; Furusawa, Hitoshi (2025-08-20). "A new member of a large and archaic balaenid from the Late Miocene of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan partly fills a gap of right whale evolution". Palaeontologia Electronica. 28 (2): 1–59. doi:10.26879/1549. ISSN 1094-8074.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Parent's taxonomic references:	–