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Waipatiidae

Mammalia - Cetacea - Waipatiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Waipatiidae Fordyce
1995Waipatiidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1998Waipatiidae Rice
2001Waipatiidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002Waipatiidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003Waipatiidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2005Waipatiidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2006Waipatiidae Barnes p. 32
2006Waipatiidae Godfrey et al. p. 68A
2007Waipatiidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2009Waipatiidae Barnes and Reynolds p. 487
2009Waipatiidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2010Waipatiidae Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1
2011Waipatiidae Bianucci et al. p. 560
2011Waipatiidae Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1
2014Waipatiidae Tanaka and Fordyce
2015Waipatiidae Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1
2015Waipatiidae Tanaka and Fordyce
2016Waipatiidae Marx et al. p. 120
2023Waipatiidae Boessenecker and Geisler p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPlatanistoidea
familyWaipatiidae
familyWaipatiidae

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.

Fm. †Waipatiidae Fordyce 1994
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G. †Nihohae Coste et al. 2023
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Nihohae matakoi Coste et al. 2023
G. †Nihoroa Coste et al. 2024
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Nihoroa reimaea Coste et al. 2024
G. †Otekaikea Tanaka and Fordyce 2014
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Otekaikea huata Tanaka and Fordyce 2015
Otekaikea marplesi Dickson 1964
G. †Papahu Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce 2014
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Papahu taitapu Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce 2014
G. †Waipatia Fordyce 1994
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Waipatia hectori Benham 1935
Waipatia maerewhenua Fordyce 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Langhian or 28.40000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (South Carolina) Waipatia sp. (182155)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97New Zealand (North Otago) Waipatiidae indet. (87888)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (48647)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Baja California Sur) Waipatiidae indet. (66429)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Malta Waipatiidae indet. (121995)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Nihohae matakoi (230556)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (North Otago) Microcetus hectori (45658) Waipatia maerewhenua (45450)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (North Otago) Prosqualodon marplesi (45664)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Nihoroa reimaea (235902) Otekaikea huata (216916)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand (South Island) Papahu taitapu (153706)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (South Island) Papahu sp. (181622)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Malta Waipatiidae indet. (121994 121998)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Malta Waipatiidae indet. (121999)