Awamokoa is an extinct genus of platanistoid that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
| Awamokoa Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Genus: | †Awamokoa |
| Species: | †A. tokarahi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Awamokoa tokarahi Tanaka & Fordyce, 2017 | |
Distribution
editAwamokoa tokarahi is known from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.[1]
References
edit- ↑ Tanaka, Yoshihiro; Fordyce, Robert Ewan (4 May 2017). "Awamokoa tokarahi , a new basal dolphin in the Platanistoidea (late Oligocene, New Zealand)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 15 (5): 365–386. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1202339. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 20 April 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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