Mauicetus Benham 1939 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

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

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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

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