Tohoraata Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae

Full reference: R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. A new eomysticetid (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand and re-evaluation of 'Mauicetus' waitakiensis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175:607-660

Parent taxon: Aetiocetidae according to R. E. Fordyce and F. G. Marx 2018

See also Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2017, Marx et al. 2016, Robinson et al. 2024 and Tsai and Kohno 2017

Sister taxa: Aetiocetinae, Aetiocetus, Ashorocetus, Chonecetinae, Chonecetus, Fucaia, Kaaucetus, Morawanocetinae, Salishicetus, Willungacetus

Subtaxa: Tohoraata raekohao Tohoraata waitakiensis

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of New Zealand (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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