Kentriodontidae
| Kentriodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene to Pliocene | |
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| Rudicetus squalodontoides skull | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Superfamily: | Delphinoidea |
| Family: | †Kentriodontidae |
| Subfamilies | |
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Kentriodontidae is an extinct family of odontocet whales related to modern dolphins. The Family lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene before going extinct.[1]
Taxonomy
There are currently three recognized subfamilies: Kentriodontinae, Lophocetinae, and Pithanodelphinae.[1]
- Family Kentriodontidae
- Subfamily Kentriodontinae
- Belonodelphis
- Delphinodon
- Incacetus
- Kampholophos
- Kentriodon (syn. Grypolithax)
- Macrokentriodon
- Microphocaena
- Rudicetus
- Tagicetus
- Subfamily Lophocetinae
- Hadrodelphis
- Liolithax
- Lophocetus
- Subfamily Pithanodelphininae
- Atocetus
- Leptodelphis
- Pithanodelphis
- Sarmatodelphis
- Sophianacetus (syn. Mediocris)
- Subfamily Kentriodontinae
Notes
References
- Ichishima, H., Barnes, L. G., Fordyce, R. E., Kimura, M. and Bohaska, D. J. (1994), A review of kentriodontine dolphins (Cetacea; Deiphinoidea; Kentriodontidae): Systematics and biogeography. Island Arc, 3: 486–492. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00127.x
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