Waipatiids Temporal range: Oligocene
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Reconstructed skull of the waipatiid Otekaikea marplesi | |
Scientific 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.