Otekaikea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platanistoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Cetancodontamorpha Subordo: Whippomorpha Cladus: Cetaceamorpha Infraordo: Cetacea Cladus: Neoceti Parvordo: Odontoceti Infraordo: Platanistida Superfamilia: Platanistoidea

Familia: †Waipatiidae
Genus: †Otekaikea
Species: O. marplesi

Name

Otekaikea Tanaka & Fordyce, 2014

• Original status: Valid genus
• Type species: Prosqualodon marplesi Dickson, 1964
  • Fixation: Original designation [and monotypy]
• ZooBank: 702DACF7-1BB7-4E4E-A851-7EAE20EF5F25

References

• Tanaka, Y.; Fordyce, R.E. 2014: Fossil dolphin Otekaikea marplesi (latest Oligocene, New Zealand) expands the structural-taxonomic diversity of Oligocene cetaceans. PLoS ONE 9(9): e107972. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107972 Reference page.