Species Classification: ‭ ‬Eomysticetidae.

In Depth        Waharoa is a genus of whale known to‭ ‬have lived in the waters around new Zealand during the Oligocene. Further Reading -‭ ‬Anatomy,‭ ‬feeding ecology,‭ ‬and ontogeny of a transitional baleen whale:‭ ‬a new genus and species of Eomysticetidae‭ (‬Mammalia:‭ ‬Cetacea‭) ‬from the Oligocene of New Zealand.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PeerJ‭ ‬3:e1129.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬W.‭ … Read more

In Depth        Originally named in‭ ‬2016‭ ‬as Matapa,‭ ‬it was later discovered that the name Matapa had‭ ‬already been used to name a genus of butterfly.‭ ‬Therefore later in‭ ‬2016,‭ ‬a new name,‭ ‬Matapanui was established for the genus.‭ ‬Matapanui is a genus of whale and a kind that was a precursor to the baleen … Read more