Matapanui Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017 (whale)

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 J. H. Robinson et al. 2024

See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017 and Fordyce and Marx 2018

Sister taxa: Cochimicetus, Echericetus, Eomysticetus, Micromysticetus, Tokarahia, Waharoa, Yamatocetus

Subtaxa: Matapanui waihao

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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

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