Waipatia

Waipatia
Temporal range:
The fish Megalampris (above) and W. maerewhenua (below)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Whippomorpha
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: †Waipatiidae
Genus: †Waipatia
Fordyce, 1994
Species
  • W. maerewhenua Fordyce, 1994
  • W. hectori (Benham, 1935)
Synonyms

Waipatia is an extinct genus of odontocetes from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand.

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