Awamokoa tokarahi, a new basal dolphin in the Platanistoidea (late Oligocene, New Zealand)

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Awamokoa tokarahi, a new basal dolphin in the Platanistoidea (late Oligocene, New Zealand)

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A late Oligocene marine dolphin – Awamokoa tokarahi gen. et sp. nov. – from the Kokoamu Greensand (Duntroonian stage, 25.2–27.3 Ma) of Tokarahi, North Otago, New Zealand, is a representative of the clade Platanistoidea. The single known specimen preserves a fragmentary skull, well-preserved tympanoperiotics (ear bones) and several postcranial elements. The fossil helps to trace platanistoid history from its oceanic origins to the endangered living South Asian river dolphins

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03 Aug, 2016

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Yoshihiro Tanaka / R. Ewan Fordyce

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Odontoceti / systematics / morphology / skeleton / evolution / Biophysics / Evolutionary Biology / Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified / Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified / Ecology / Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified / Virology

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