Waipati Creek (Oligocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (44.5° S, 170.4° E: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 175.1° W)

When: Maerewhenua Member (Otekaike Limestone Formation), Duntroonian (27.3 - 25.2 Ma)

• upper Duntroonian; no younger than 25.2 Ma

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; limestone

• shallow mid shelf to inner shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. A new eomysticetid (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand and re-evaluation of 'Mauicetus' waitakiensis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175:607-660 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163849: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.11.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
Tohoraata raekohao n. gen. n. sp.
Tohoraata raekohao n. gen. n. sp. Boessenecker and Fordyce 2015 whale