In Depth
With the type species originally described as a species of Prosqualodon, Otekaikea became a recognised genus of toothed whale in 2015. Otekaikea is considered to be very similar to the genus Waipatia.
Further Reading
- Fossil dolphin Otekaikea marplesi (Latest Oligocene, New Zealand) expands the morphological and taxonomic diversity of Oligocene cetaceans. - PLoS One 9(9):e107972. - Y. Tanaka & R. E. Fordyce - 2014. – A new Oligo-Miocene dolphin from New Zealand: Otekaikea huata expands diversity of the early Platanistoidea. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.23A: – Yoshihiro Tanaka & R. Ewan Fordyce – 2015.
