Waipatia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Waipatia |
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| The fish Megalampris (above) and W. maerewhenua (below) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Superfamily: | Platanistoidea (?) |
| Family: | †Waipatiidae Fordyce, 1994 |
| Genus: | †Waipatia Fordyce, 1994 |
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Waipatia is an extinct genus of whale from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand.
Taxonomy
The type species, Waipatia maerewhenua is known from a single skull found near 45° South in Otago . The second species, W. hectori, was originally named Microcetus hectori in 1935, but later recognized as distinct from Microcetus. "Uncamentodon" was informally coined for M. hectori in a table by Rothausen in a 1970 paper, but the lack of a diagnosis or description made it a nomen nudum. Finally in 2015, M. hectori was recognized as a second species of Waipatia based on preparation of additional material included in the holotype.
See also
In Spanish: Waipatia para niños
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