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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

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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