Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae
Synonym: Matapa Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce. 2017. Matapanui, a replacement name for Matapa Boessenecker & Fordyce, 2016. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(6):471
Parent taxon: Eomysticetidae according to R. E. Fordyce and F. G. Marx 2018
See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017 and Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017
Sister taxa: Echericetus, Eomysticetus, Micromysticetus, Tokarahia, Waharoa, Yamatocetus
Subtaxa: Matapanui waihao
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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