Biology:Waipatiidae
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Short description: Extinct family of mammals
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| Reconstructed skull of the waipatiid Otekaikea marplesi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Family: | †Waipatiidae Fordyce, 1994 |
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Waipatiidae is an extinct family of odontocetes currently known from the Oligocene of the Pacific Ocean and possibly Europe and the Caucasus.
Taxonomy
Waipatiidae was coined by Fordyce (1994) to include his new taxon Waipatia, and he also considered the genera Microcetus, Sachalinocetus, and Sulakocetus to be possible waipatiids.[1] The taxon "Prosqualodon" marplesi was recognized in the 2010s as a being a member of Waipatiidae and given its own genus, Otekaikea.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Fordyce, R. Ewan (1994). "Waipatia maerewhenua, new genus and new species (Waipatiidae, new family), an archaic Late Oligocene dolphin (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Platanistoidea) from New Zealand". Proceedings of the San Diego Museum of Natural History 29, Contributions in marine mammal paleontology honoring Frank C. Whitmore, Jr.: 147–176.
- ↑ Tanaka, Y.; Fordyce, R. Ewan (2015). "Historically significant late Oligocene dolphin Microcetus hectori Benham 1935: a new species of Waipatia (Platanistoidea)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 45 (3): 135–150. doi:10.1080/03036758.2015.1016046.
- ↑ Tanaka, Y.; Fordyce, R. Ewan (2014). "Fossil Dolphin Otekaikea marplesi (Latest Oligocene, New Zealand) Expands the Morphological and Taxonomic Diversity of Oligocene Cetaceans". PLOS ONE 9 (9): e107972. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107972. PMID 25250733.
- ↑ Tanaka, Y.; Fordyce, R. Ewan (2015). "A new Oligo-Miocene dolphin from New Zealand: Otekaikea huata expands diversity of the early Platanistoidea". Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.23A: 1–71. doi:10.26879/518. https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/in-press/1161-fossil-platanistoid-dolphin.
Wikidata ☰ Q18609057 entry
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