Mauicetus
Mauicetus is a genus of extinct baleen whale from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand. Taxonomy. "Mauicetus" was originally named "Lophocephalus" by William Benham, but that name was already used for a beetle, and Benham provided the replacement name "Mauicetus." Three more species were named in 1956: "M. brevicollis", "M. lophocephalus", and "M. waitakiensis". Nowadays, "Mauicetus parki" is considered a stem-balaenopteroid, while "M. lophocephalus" and "M. waitakiensis" have been reclassified in Eomysticetidae, with "M. lophocephalus" and "M. waitakiensis" being assigned to "Tokarahia" and "Tohoraata".