Alternative spelling: Manicetus
Synonym: Lophocephalus Benham 1937 [replaced name]
Full reference: W. B. Benham. 1939. Mauicetus: a Fossil Whale. Nature 143(3627):765
Parent taxon: Balaenopteroidea according to F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Benham 1937, Benham 1939, Benham 1942, Berta 2017, Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015, Carroll 1988, Fordyce 2003, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Harland et al. 1967, Keyes 1973, McKenna and Bell 1997, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Steeman 2007, Uhen 2008 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977
Sister taxa: Aglaocetus, Amphicetus, Diorocetus, Eschrichtiidae, Panbalaenopteroidea, Physalidae, Tiphyocetus, Uranocetus
Subtaxa: Mauicetus parki
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (4)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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