†Aureia rerehua Meekin et al. 2024 (toothed whale)
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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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