http://www.komonews.com/news/va?vaid=1be26ae624f5d3a7134a7624206f3c4c

The whale washed ashore of New Zealand two years ago. It took two years for proper identification to learn that this is the species we've only known about from occasional bone finds. Spade-toothed whales reside in deep sea, and have never been seen on record, prior to this