†Waipatia hectori Benham 1935 (toothed whale)
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Mammalia - Cetacea - Waipatiidae
Alternative combination: Microcetus hectori
Full reference: W. B. Benham. 1935. The teeth of an extinct whale, Microcetus hectori n. sp. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 65:239-243
Belongs to Waipatia according to Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce 2015
See also Benham 1935, Fordyce 1980, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce 1994, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Keyes 1973 and Rothausen 1961
Sister taxon: Waipatia maerewhenua
Type specimen: NMNZ Ma 653
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Otekaike River (Oligocene of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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