Kentriodontidae

Kentriodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene to Pliocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Rudicetus squalodontoides skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Odontoceti
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)

Notes

1. http://paleobiodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42938

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