Tohoraonepu
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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| fossil_range = Late Oligocene
| genus = Tohoraonepu
| parent_authority = Corrie & Fordyce, 2024
| species = nihokaiwaiu
| authority = Corrie & Fordyce, 2024
}}
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.{{Cite journal |last1=Corrie |first1=Joshua E. |last2=Fordyce |first2=R. Ewan |date=19 October 2024 |title=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=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand |language=en |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=722–737 |doi=10.1080/03036758.2023.2297696 |issn=0303-6758 |pmc=11459822 |pmid=39440285 |bibcode=2024JRSNZ..54..722C }}
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Category:Prehistoric cetacean genera
Category:Monotypic prehistoric mammal genera
Category:Fossils of New Zealand
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2024
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