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A new genus and species of eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and a reinterpretation of 'Mauicetus' lophocephalus Marples, 1956: Transitional baleen whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand

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Boessenecker, Robert W., Fordyce, R. Ewan (2015): A new genus and species of eomysticetid (Cetacea: Mysticeti) and a reinterpretation of 'Mauicetus' lophocephalus Marples, 1956: Transitional baleen whales from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 175 (3): 607-660, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12297, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12297

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