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Waharoa ruwhenua

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eomysticetidae

Taxonomy
Waharoa ruwhenua was named by Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015). Its type specimen is OU 22044, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is The Earthquakes, which is in a Duntroonian carbonate limestone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Waharoa ruwhenua Boessenecker and Fordyce
2016Waharoa ruwhenua Fordyce and Marx p. 114 figs. Fig. 4
2017Waharoa ruwhenua Boessenecker and Fordyce
2017Waharoa ruwhenua Tsai and Kohno
2018Waharoa ruwhenua 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
genusWaharoa
speciesruwhenua

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.

†Waharoa ruwhenua Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (South Island) Waharoa ruwhenua (173285 173286)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (North Otago) Waharoa ruwhenua (type locality: 45450)