Full reference: C.-H. Tsai and R. E. Fordyce. 2018. A new archaic baleen whale Toipahautea waitaki (early Late Oligocene, New Zealand) and the origins of crown Mysticeti. Royal Society Open Science 5(4):172453
Parent taxon: Mysticeti according to C.-H. Tsai and R. E. Fordyce 2018
Sister taxa: Aetiocetidae, Aetiocetoidea, Amphitera, Aulocetus calaritanus, Aulocetus lovisati, Balaena cortesii, Balaena simpsoni, Borealodon, Burtinopsis, Cetotheriomorphus, Chaeomysticeti, Coronodonidae, Crenaticeti, Eschrichtioidea, Eschrichtius expansus, Eschrichtius leptocentrus, Eschrichtius pusillus, Horopeta, Kinetomenta, Llanocetidae, Maiabalaena, Mammalodontidae, Mauicetus brevicollis, Mesoteras, Mesoteras kerrianus, Metasqualodon, Mioceta, Mystacodontidae, Plesiocetus, Probalaena, Pterobalaenidae, Rhegnopsis, Siphonocetus, Squalodon serratus, Tretulias, Tretulias buccatus, Ulias
Subtaxa: Toipahautea waitaki
Type: Toipahautea waitaki
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Haughs Quarry, Hakataramea valley (I40/f173) ( of New Zealand)
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