Waipatia

Waipatia Temporal range: Late Oligocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
The fish Megalampris (above) and W. maerewhenua (below)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
(unranked):	Platanistida
Superfamily:	Platanistoidea (?)
Family:	†Waipatiidae Fordyce, 1994
Genus:	†Waipatia Fordyce, 1994
Species
W. maerewhenua Fordyce, 1994 W. hectori (Benham, 1935)
Synonyms
Microcetus hectori Benham, 1935

Waipatia is an extinct genus of whale from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand.

The type species, Waipatia maerewhenua is known from a single skull found near 45° South in Otago . The second species, W. hectori, was originally named Microcetus hectori in 1935, but later recognized as distinct from Microcetus."Uncamentodon" was informally coined for M. hectori in a table by Rothausen in a 1970 paper, but the lack of a diagnosis or description made it a nomen nudum. Finally in 2015, M. hectori was recognized as a second species of Waipatia based on preparation of additional material included in the holotype.