Full reference: C.-H. Tsai and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. The Earliest Gulp-Feeding Mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Journal of Mammalian Evolution
Parent taxon: Mysticeti according to C.-H. Tsai and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Robinson et al. 2024
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, Kinetomenta, Llanocetidae, Maiabalaena, Mammalodontidae, Mauicetus brevicollis, Mesoteras, Mesoteras kerrianus, Metasqualodon, Mioceta, Mystacodontidae, Notiocetus, Notiocetus platensis, Plesiocetus, Probalaena, Pterobalaenidae, Rhegnopsis, Siphonocetus, Sitsqwayk, Squalodon serratus, Toipahautea, Tretulias, Tretulias buccatus, Ulias, Whakakai
Subtaxa: Horopeta umarere
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hakataramea valley (I40/f177) (Oligocene of New Zealand)
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