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MAUICETUS
(mow-e-se-tus)
Named By: W. B. Benham in 1937
Time Period: Late Oligocene. 24.2-23.6 Ma
Location: New Zealand - Kokoamu Greensand Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains of a few individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Mysticeti | Balaenopteridae |
Also known as: | Lophocephalus parki |
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Mauicetus is a genus of extinct baleen whale from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand.

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