Aureia rerehua Meekin et al. 2024 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: S. Meekin, R. E. Fordyce, and A. Coste. 2024. Aureia rerehua, a new platanistoid dolphin from the Oligocene of New Zealand with a unique feeding method. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1-20

Belongs to Aureia according to S. Meekin et al. 2024

See also Robinson et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OU22553, a skull. Its type locality is Haugh's Quarry, which is in a Waitakian marine lime mudstone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haugh's Quarry

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