page_title: Eomysticetidae
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Eomysticetidae / Description
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Alternative life restorations of Waharoa ruwhenua. (A) with erupted permanent dentition; (B) without dentition.
context_page_description: Eomysticetidae is a family of extinct mysticetes belonging to Chaeomysticeti. It is one of two families in the basal chaeomysticete clade Eomysticetoidea.
context_section_description: Eomysticetids are united by the following combination of primitive and derived characters relative to more advanced chaeomysticetes (Balaenomorpha): zygomatic process without a supramastoid crest;  reduction of the superior process of the periotic into a low ridge with anterior and posterior apices in medial or lateral view; blowholes situated ahead of the eyes; an elongated intertemporal region with long parietal and frontal exposures on the cranial vertex; elongated nasals; large coronoid processes of the mandibles; flat rostrum; laterally bowed mandibles; absence of functional teeth; and large mandibular foramina.
caption: Restorations of Waharoa ruwhenua
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