Aureia

Aureia; Temporal range: Late Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Genus:	† Aureia
Species:	†A. rerehua
Binomial name
	†Aureia rerehua; Meekin et. al., 2024

Last updated August 17, 2025

Aureia is an extinct genus of platanistoid that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Aureia rerehua is known from the Otekaike Limestone Formation in New Zealand.^[1]

References

↑ Meekin, Shane; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Coste, Amber (19 October 2024). "Aureia rerehua, a new platanistoid dolphin from the Oligocene of New Zealand with a unique feeding method". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 54 (5): 758–777. doi:10.1080/03036758.2024.2314505. ISSN 0303-6758. PMC 11459759 . PMID 39440282 . Retrieved 20 April 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] Meekin, Shane; Fordyce, R. Ewan; Coste, Amber (19 October 2024). "Aureia rerehua, a new platanistoid dolphin from the Oligocene of New Zealand with a unique feeding method". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 54 (5): 758–777. doi:10.1080/03036758.2024.2314505. ISSN 0303-6758. PMC 11459759 . PMID 39440282 . Retrieved 20 April 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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