Waipatiidae

Waipatiids
Temporal range: 30–23.03 Ma Oligocene
Reconstructed skull of the waipatiid Otekaikea marplesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Family: Waipatiidae
Fordyce, 1994
Genera

Waipatiidae is an extinct family of odontocetes currently known from the Oligocene of the Pacific Ocean and possibly Europe and the Caucasus.