Otekaikea

Otekaikea
Temporal range: Late Oligocene. 24.2–23.6 Ma
Partial holotype skull of O. marplesi shown form above
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Family: Waipatiidae
Genus: Otekaikea
Tanaka and Fordyce, 2014
Species
  • O. marplesi (Dickson, 1964) (type)
  • O. huata Tanaka and Fordyce, 2015

Otekaikea is an extinct genus of toothed whale closely related to Waipatia. It is known from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand.