Full reference: C. H. Tsai and R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Archaic baleen whale from the Kokoamu Greensand: earbones distinguish a new late Oligocene mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 46(2):117-138
Parent taxon: Chaeomysticeti according to C. H. Tsai and R. E. Fordyce 2016
See also Berta 2017
Sister taxa: Balaenomorpha, Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriopsidae, Cetotheriopsis, Cetotherium incertum, Cetotherium klinderi, Cetotherium pusillum, Eomysticetidae, Eomysticetoidea, Halicetus, Jobancetus, Megapteropsis, Piscocetus, Plicogulae, Sitsqwayk, Tlaxcallicetus
Subtaxa: Whakakai waipata
Type: Whakakai waipata
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at The Earthquakes (Kokoamu Greensand) (Oligocene of New Zealand)
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