Fossil dolphin Otekaikea marplesi (Latest Oligocene, New Zealand) expands the morphological and taxonomic diversity of Oligocene cetaceans

Y. Tanaka, and R. E. Fordyce

2014

Article

PLoS One 9(9):e107972

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107972

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Otekaikea

Taxonomy:

• Medocinia tetragorhina belongs to Medocinia - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Sachalinocetus belongs to Odontoceti - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Otekaikea marplesi belongs to Otekaikea - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Sachalinocetus cholmicus belongs to Sachalinocetus - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Sulakocetus belongs to Odontoceti - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Sulakocetus dagestanicus belongs to Sulakocetus - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Phoberodon arctirostris belongs to Phoberodon - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Squalodelphis pusillus belongs to Odontoceti - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Phocageneus venustus belongs to Phocageneus - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)
• Squalodon calvertensis belongs to Squalodon - Tanaka and Fordyce (2014)