Whakakai
{{Short description|Extinct genus of whales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Late Oligocene, {{fossil range|27|25}}
| taxon = Whakakai
| authority = Tsai and Fordyce, 2016
| type_species = Whakakai waipata
| type_species_authority = Tsai and Fordyce, 2016
}}
Whakakai is a genus of baleen whale from the Late Oligocene (Chattian) Kokoamu Greensand of New Zealand.
Classification
Phylogenetic analysis recovers Whakakai outside crown Mysticeti as the sister taxon of Horopeta.Tsai, C.H., Fordyce R.E., 2016. Archaic baleen whale from the Kokoamu Greensand: earbones distinguish a new late Oligocene mysticete (Cetacea: Mysticeti) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. doi:10.1080/03036758.2016.1156552
Paleobiology
References
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{{Mysticeti Genera|M.|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Oligocene mammals of Oceania