Tokarahia lophocephalus Marples 1956 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae

Alternative combination: Mauicetus lophocephalus

Full reference: B. J. Marples. 1956. Cetotheres (Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(4):565-580

Belongs to Tokarahia according to R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce 2017

See also Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Fordyce 1980, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Harland et al. 1967, Keyes 1973, Marples 1956, Marx 2011, Steeman 2007 and Tsai and Kohno 2017

Sister taxon: Tokarahia kauaeroa

Type specimen: UO DW1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand), which is in a Duntroonian offshore shelf limestone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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