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Tohoraonepu

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Tohoraonepu
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Kekenodontidae
Genus: Tohoraonepu
Corrie & Fordyce, 2024
Species:
T. nihokaiwaiu
Binomial name
Tohoraonepu nihokaiwaiu
Corrie & Fordyce, 2024

Tohoraonepu is an extinct genus of kekenodontid cetacean that lived in the South Pacific during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus known from the species Tohoraonepu nihokaiwaiu.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Corrie, Joshua E.; Fordyce, R. Ewan (19 October 2024). "A new genus and species of kekenodontid from the late Oligocene of New Zealand with comments on the evolution of tooth displacement in Cetacea". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54 (5): 722–737. doi:10.1080/03036758.2023.2297696. ISSN 0303-6758. PMC 11459822. PMID 39440285. Retrieved 13 November 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.