Mammalia - Cetacea - Waipatiidae

Full reference: A. Coste, R. E. Fordyce, and C. Loch. 2024. A new fossil dolphin with tusk-like teeth from New Zealand and an analysis of procumbent teeth in fossil cetaceans. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 54(5):738-757

Parent taxon: Waipatiidae according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024

See also Coste et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Nihohae, Otekaikea, Papahu, Waipatia

Subtaxa: Nihoroa reimaea

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Awamoko Creek ( of New Zealand)

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