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Tohoraata raekohao

Mammalia - Cetacea - Aetiocetidae

Taxonomy
Tohoraata raekohao was named by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015). Its type specimen is OU 22178, a partial skull (A partial skull including right periotic and tympanic bulla, partial mandible, thoracic vertebra and five ribs.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waipati Creek, which is in a Duntroonian deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Tohoraata raekohao Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017Tohoraata raekohao Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017Tohoraata raekohao Tsai and Kohno
2018Tohoraata raekohao Fordyce and Marx p. 5 figs. Fig. 4
2024Tohoraata raekohao Robinson et al. p. 577

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
familyAetiocetidae
genusTohoraata
speciesraekohao

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Tohoraata raekohao Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-03-06 14:20:41
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:34:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Duntroonian or 27.30000 to 25.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand Tohoraata raekohao (type locality: 163849)