Whakakai

Name: Whakakai.
Phonetic: Wha-ka-kai.
Named By: C.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Tsai‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Fordyce‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Artiodactyla,‭ ‬Cetacea,‭ ‬Mysticeti.
Species: W.‭ ‬waipata‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Filter feeder.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: New Zealand‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kokoamu Greensand.
Time period: Chattian of the Oligocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Whakakai is a genus of whale that lived in waters around New Zealand during the Oligocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Archaic baleen whale from the Kokoamu Greensand:‭ ‬earbones distinguish a new late Oligocene mysticete‭ (‬Cetacea:‭ ‬Mysticeti‭) ‬from New Zealand.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand‭ ‬46‭(‬2‭)‬:117-138.‭ ‬-‭ ‬C.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Tsai‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Fordyce‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

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