Based on the enlarged temporal fossae and enlarged mandibular canal,
Matapanui was probably incapable of lunge-feeding, although it remains unclear whether it could skim-feed or filter prey in the benthic zone.
Waharoa shared its habitat with the odontocetes
Awamokoa,
Austrosqualodon,
Otekaikea, and
Waipatia, and the mysticetes
Horopeta,
Mauicetus,
Tohoraata,
Tokarahia,
Waharoa, and
Whakakai. == References ==