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Tokarahia kauaeroa

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae

Taxonomy
Tokarahia kauaeroa was named by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015). Its type specimen is OU 22235, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kokoamu Cliffs, which is in a Duntroonian coastal sandstone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Tokarahia kauaeroa Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017Tokarahia kauaeroa Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017Tokarahia kauaeroa Tsai and Kohno
2018Tokarahia kauaeroa 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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderMysticeti
—Chaeomysticeti()
familyEomysticetidae
genusTokarahia
specieskauaeroa

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.

†Tokarahia kauaeroa Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce 2015A species of large eomysticetid differing from all other eomysticetids except Eomysticetus whitmorei in possessing a deeply incised median furrow of the tympanic bulla in dorsal view, and from all eomysticetids in exhibiting a pars cochlearis that is anterodorsally excavated and deeper posterodorsally.
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 (North Otago) Tokarahia kauaeroa (type locality: 45660)