†Papahu Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce 2014 (toothed whale)
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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, Berta 2017 and Robinson et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Nihohae, Nihoroa, Otekaikea, Waipatia
Subtaxa: Papahu taitapu
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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