Awamokoa

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| fossil_range = Late Oligocene

| genus = Awamokoa

| species = tokarahi

| authority = Tanaka & Fordyce, 2017

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Awamokoa is an extinct genus of platanistoid that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Awamokoa tokarahi is known from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.{{Cite journal |last1=Tanaka |first1=Yoshihiro |last2=Fordyce |first2=Robert Ewan |date=4 May 2017 |title=Awamokoa tokarahi , a new basal dolphin in the Platanistoidea (late Oligocene, New Zealand) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2016.1202339 |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |language=en |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=365–386 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2016.1202339 |issn=1477-2019 |access-date=20 April 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|url-access=subscription }}

References

Category:Monotypic prehistoric cetacean genera

Category:Prehistoric cetacean stubs

Category:Fossils of New Zealand

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2017

Category:Toothed whales