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Kaiwhekea
Taxonomy
Kaiwhekea was named by Cruickshank and Fordyce (2002).
It was assigned to Cryptoclididae by Cruickshank and Fordyce (2002); to Cimoliasauridae by O'Keefe (2004); to Leptocleididae by Ketchum and Benson (2010); to Weddellonectia by O'Gorman et al. (2019); to Aristonectinae by Otero et al. (2012), Benson and Druckenmiller (2014), Otero et al. (2015), O'Gorman (2019); and to Elasmosauridae by Ketchum and Benson (2011), Robinson et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Cryptoclididae by Cruickshank and Fordyce (2002); to Cimoliasauridae by O'Keefe (2004); to Leptocleididae by Ketchum and Benson (2010); to Weddellonectia by O'Gorman et al. (2019); to Aristonectinae by Otero et al. (2012), Benson and Druckenmiller (2014), Otero et al. (2015), O'Gorman (2019); and to Elasmosauridae by Ketchum and Benson (2011), Robinson et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Kaiwhekea Cruickshank and Fordyce p. 563 |
| 2004 | Kaiwhekea O'Keefe p. 337 figs. Fig. 11 |
| 2010 | Kaiwhekea Ketchum and Benson p. 15 |
| 2011 | Kaiwhekea Ketchum and Benson p. 126 |
| 2012 | Kaiwhekea Otero et al. |
| 2014 | Kaiwhekea Benson and Druckenmiller figs. 2-3 |
| 2015 | Kaiwhekea Otero et al. p. 3 |
| 2019 | Kaiwhekea O'Gorman |
| 2019 | Kaiwhekea O'Gorman et al. |
| 2024 | Kaiwhekea Robinson et al. p. 574 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Kaiwhekea Cruickshank and Fordyce 2002
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†Kaiwhekea katiki Cruickshank and Fordyce 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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