ammonites
Mauicetus lophocephalus Marples 1956 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: B. J. Marples. 1956. Cetotheres (Cetacea) from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(4):565-580

Belongs to Mauicetus according to I. W. Keyes 1973

Sister taxa: Mauicetus brevicollis, Mauicetus parki, Mauicetus waitakiensis

Type specimen: UO DW1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand), which is in a Duntroonian marine limestone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): skull 1500.0 x 690.0