Horopeta
Name: Horopeta.
Phonetic: Ho-ro-pet-ah.
Named By: C.-H. Tsai & R. E.
Fordyce - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea.
Species: H. umarere (type).
Diet: Filter feeder.
Size: Unknown.
Known locations: New Zealand - Kokoamu Greensand.
Time period: Chattian of the Oligocence.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of a juvenile.
Horopeta
is a genus of whale
that lived in the waters around New Zealand
during the Oligocene.
Further reading
- The Earliest Gulp-Feeding Mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from
the Oligocene of New Zealand. - Journal of Mammalian Evolution.
- C.-H. Tsai & R. E. Fordyce - 2015.
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