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 and Tsai and Kohno 2017
Sister taxa: Aetiocetinae, Aetiocetus, Ashorocetus, Chonecetinae, Chonecetus, Fucaia, Kaaucetus, Morawanocetinae, Salishicetus, Willungacetus
Subtaxa: Tohoraata raekohao Tohoraata waitakiensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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