Papahu Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce 2014 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Waipatiidae

Full reference: G. Aguirre-Fernández and R. E. Fordyce. 2014. Papahu taitapu, gen. et sp. nov., an early Miocene stem odontocete (Cetacea) from New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):195-210

Parent taxon: Waipatiidae according to O. Lambert et al. 2017

See also Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce 2014 and Berta 2017

Sister taxa: Otekaikea, Waipatia

Subtaxa: Papahu taitapu

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Type: Papahu taitapu

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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