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Taxonomy
Tohoraonepu was named by Corrie and Fordyce (2024).
It was assigned to Kekenodontidae by Corrie and Fordyce (2024); and to Kekenodontidae by Robinson et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Kekenodontidae by Corrie and Fordyce (2024); and to Kekenodontidae by Robinson et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Tohoraonepu Corrie and Fordyce |
| 2024 | Tohoraonepu Robinson et al. p. 576 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Tohoraonepu Corrie and Fordyce 2024
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†Tohoraonepu nihokaiwaiu Corrie and Fordyce 2024
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. E. Corrie and R. E. Fordyce 2024 | a heterodont kekenodontid archaeocete that differs from all other Kekenodontidae in having a more anteroposteriorly elongate and transversely compressed anterior process of the periotic and a transversely broader and more bulbous pars cochlearis; from Kekenodon onamata in having a more inflated and low-lying lateral tuberosity, longitudinal striations extending from the dorsal margin of the pars cochlearis to the aperture for cochlear aqueduct, a smaller mallear fossa and stapedial muscle fossa, and a more elongate internal acoustic meatus; from OU 22294 in having a U-shaped external acoustic meatus that more deeply excavates the ven- trolateral surface of the squamosal, more distinct anterior and posterior meatal crests, a transversely narrower internal acoustic meatus, a less transversely expanded dorsal ves- tibular area, and an atlas that is anteroposteriorly shorter; from Kekenodon onamata and OU 22294 in having a rounded anteromedial corner of the pars cochlearis; from OU 22023 in having an anterior process of the periotic that is lower, a ventral margin of the anterior process of the periotic not located ventral to the ventral margin of the pars cochlearis, a ventral margin of the anterior process of the periotic that is less rounded, a distinct anteroventral angle forming the ventral apex of the anterior process of the periotic, and a more anteroposteriorly elongate atlas. |