Mammalia - Cetacea - Waipatiidae
Full reference: Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. A new Oligo-Miocene dolphin from New Zealand: Otekaikea huata expands diversity of the early Platanistoidea. Palaeontologia Electronica 18(2.23A):1-71
Belongs to Otekaikea according to Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce 2015
Sister taxon: Otekaikea marplesi
Type specimen: OU 22306, a partial skeleton (skull, right periotic and sigmoid process of left bulla, fused mandibles, 60 isolated conical-crowned teeth, atlas, axis, three other cervical vertebrae, 12 tho). Its type locality is Haughs Quarry (I40/f0291B), which is in a Waitakian offshore shelf lime mudstone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Haughs Quarry (I40/f0291B)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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