Full reference: Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Awamokoa tokarahi, a new basal dolphin in the Platanistoidea (late Oligocene, New Zealand). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Belongs to Awamokoa according to Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce 2016
See also Robinson et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU 22125, a partial skeleton (fragmentary skull, right periotic and both tympanic bullae, incomplete man- dibles, 14 isolated teeth, atlas, axis, a cervical vertebra, a thoracic vertebra, se). Its type locality is Tokarahi Cliff, which is in a Duntroonian marine sandstone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tokarahi Cliff
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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