Awamokoa
Extinct genus of river dolphin
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Awamokoa is an extinct genus of platanistoid that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
| Awamokoa Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Genus: | †Awamokoa |
| Species: | †A. tokarahi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Awamokoa tokarahi Tanaka & Fordyce, 2017 | |
Distribution
Awamokoa tokarahi is known from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.[1]
