Tohoraata
Name: Tohoraata.
Phonetic: To-ho-rah-tah.
Named By: R. W. Boessenecker & R.
E. Fordyce - 2014.
Synonyms: Mauicetus waitakiensis.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea,
Mysticeti, Eomysticetidae.
Species: T. raekohao (type),
M. waitakiensis.
Diet: Carnivore/filter feeder.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: New Zealand - Kokoamu Greensand
Formation, Otekaike Limestone Formation.
Time period: Chattian of the Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial remains of a few individuals.
Tohoraata is a genus of whale that lived in the waters around New Zealand during the Oligocene. A former species of Mauicetus, M. waitakiensis, has now been named as a second species of Tohoraata.
Further reading
- A new eomysticetid (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Late
Oligocene of New Zealand and re-evaluation of 'Mauicetus'
waitakiensis. - R. W. Boessenecker & R. E.
Fordyce - 2014.
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