Waipatiidae is an extinct family of odontocetes currently known from the Oligocene of the Pacific Ocean and possibly Europe and the Caucasus.
| Waipatiids Temporal range: Oligocene
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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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Taxonomy
editWaipatiidae 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 being a member of Waipatiidae and given its own genus, Otekaikea.[2][3][4]
References
edit- ^ Fordyce, R. Ewan (1994). A. Berta; T. Deméré (eds.). "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. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.10662.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2015JRSNZ..45..135T. doi:10.1080/03036758.2015.1016046. S2CID 129704207.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j7972T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107972. PMC 4176723. 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.
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