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chaeomysticete clade Eomysticetoidea (the
other being Cetotheriopsidae).
Eomysticetids are
united by the
following combination of
primitive and
derived characters...
- is
recovered as the most
basal chaeomysticete, more
primitive than
eomysticetids and Horopeta.
Sitsqwayk is
coeval with
another Oligocene mysticete from...
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odontocetes Awamokoa, Austrosqualodon, Otekaikea, and Waipatia, the
eomysticetids Matapanui, Tohoraata, Tokarahia, and Waharoa, and the balaenomorphs...
- than that of
modern baleen whales, a
characteristic of
eomysticetid whales,
suggesting eomysticetids had less
swimming capabilities.
Yamatocetus was an early...
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later in
their evolutionary history.
Review of the
fossil record of
eomysticetids from New
Zealand is
published by
Boessenecker &
Richards (2024). Evidence...
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Matapanui is a
genus of
eomysticetid baleen whale from the Late
Oligocene (early Chattian)
Kokoamu Greensand of New Zealand.
Matapanui was
originally named...
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odontocetes Awamokoa, Austrosqualodon, Otekaikea, and Waipatia, the
eomysticetids Matapanui, Tohoraata, Tokarahia, and Waharoa, and the balaenomorphs...
- species, T.
kauaeroa and T. lophocephalus.
Tokarahia differs from
other eomysticetids in
possessing elongate,
dorsoventrally tapering zygomatic processes...
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odontocetes Awamokoa, Austrosqualodon, Otekaikea, and Waipatia, the
eomysticetids Matapanui, Tohoraata, Tokarahia, and Waharoa, and the balaenomorphs...
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distinct from
other cetotheriids in
having a
squamosal cleft; from
eomysticetids in
having comparatively short nasals, a more
anteriorly projected supraoccipital...
