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Waipatiidae
Taxonomy
Waipatiidae was named by Fordyce (1994). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Barnes and Reynolds (2009).
It was assigned to Odontoceti by Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Fitzgerald (2010); to Odontoceti by Geisler et al. (2011) and Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Platanistoidea by Fordyce (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Gingerich (2005), Godfrey et al. (2006), Barnes (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Rice (2009), Barnes and Reynolds (2009), Bianucci et al. (2011), Tanaka and Fordyce (2014), Tanaka and Fordyce (2015) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Stegoceti by Boessenecker and Geisler (2023).
It was assigned to Odontoceti by Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Fitzgerald (2010); to Odontoceti by Geisler et al. (2011) and Boessenecker and Fordyce (2015); to Platanistoidea by Fordyce (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Gingerich (2005), Godfrey et al. (2006), Barnes (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Rice (2009), Barnes and Reynolds (2009), Bianucci et al. (2011), Tanaka and Fordyce (2014), Tanaka and Fordyce (2015) and Marx et al. (2016); and to Stegoceti by Boessenecker and Geisler (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Waipatiidae Fordyce |
| 1995 | Waipatiidae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1998 | Waipatiidae Rice |
| 2001 | Waipatiidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178 |
| 2002 | Waipatiidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1 |
| 2003 | Waipatiidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2005 | Waipatiidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
| 2006 | Waipatiidae Barnes p. 32 |
| 2006 | Waipatiidae Godfrey et al. p. 68A |
| 2007 | Waipatiidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2009 | Waipatiidae Barnes and Reynolds p. 487 |
| 2009 | Waipatiidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2010 | Waipatiidae Fitzgerald p. 370 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Waipatiidae Bianucci et al. p. 560 |
| 2011 | Waipatiidae Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1 |
| 2014 | Waipatiidae Tanaka and Fordyce |
| 2015 | Waipatiidae Boessenecker and Fordyce figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Waipatiidae Tanaka and Fordyce |
| 2016 | Waipatiidae Marx et al. p. 120 |
| 2023 | Waipatiidae Boessenecker and Geisler p. 152 |
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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.
Fm. †Waipatiidae Fordyce 1994
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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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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 |
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| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | Waipatia sp. (182155) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | New Zealand (North Otago) | Waipatiidae indet. (87888) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (48647) | |
| Chattian | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Waipatiidae indet. (66429) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | Malta | Waipatiidae indet. (121995) | |
| Duntroonian | New Zealand (North Otago) | Microcetus hectori (45658) Waipatia maerewhenua (45450) | |
| Duntroonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Nihohae matakoi (230556) | |
| Waitakian | New Zealand (South Island) | Nihoroa reimaea (235902) Otekaikea huata (216916) | |
| Waitakian | New Zealand (North Otago) | Prosqualodon marplesi (45664) | |
| Aquitanian | New Zealand (South Island) | Papahu taitapu (153706) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | New Zealand (South Island) | Papahu sp. (181622) | |
| Burdigalian | Malta | Waipatiidae indet. (121994 121998) | |
| Langhian | Malta | Waipatiidae indet. (121999) |