Mammalia - Cetacea

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, Plesiocetus, Probalaena, Pterobalaenidae, Rhegnopsis, Siphonocetus, Squalodon serratus, Toipahautea, Tretulias, Tretulias buccatus, Ulias, Whakakai

Subtaxa: Horopeta umarere

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hakataramea valley (I40/f177) (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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