Tohoraonepu

Tohoraonepu; Temporal range: Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	† Kekenodontidae
Genus:	† Tohoraonepu ; Corrie & Fordyce, 2024
Species:	†T. nihokaiwaiu
Binomial name
	†Tohoraonepu nihokaiwaiu; Corrie & Fordyce, 2024

Last updated August 15, 2025

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

↑ 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. Bibcode:2024JRSNZ..54..722C. doi:10.1080/03036758.2023.2297696. ISSN 0303-6758. PMC 11459822 . PMID 39440285.

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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. Bibcode:2024JRSNZ..54..722C. doi:10.1080/03036758.2023.2297696. ISSN 0303-6758. PMC 11459822 . PMID 39440285.

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