Kekenodontidae Temporal range:
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Teeth of Kekenodon onamata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Informal group: | † Archaeoceti |
Family: | †
Kekenodontidae Mitchell, 1989 |
Genera | |
Kekenodontidae is an extinct family of non-neocete pelagicetes from the Late Oligocene ( Chattian) of New Zealand. [1] Although at times classified as basal mysticetes or basal odontocetes, recent cladistic analyses demonstrate that kekenodontids are phylogenetically intermediate between basilosaurids and neocetes. [1] [2]
Kekenodontidae Temporal range:
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Teeth of Kekenodon onamata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Informal group: | † Archaeoceti |
Family: | †
Kekenodontidae Mitchell, 1989 |
Genera | |
Kekenodontidae is an extinct family of non-neocete pelagicetes from the Late Oligocene ( Chattian) of New Zealand. [1] Although at times classified as basal mysticetes or basal odontocetes, recent cladistic analyses demonstrate that kekenodontids are phylogenetically intermediate between basilosaurids and neocetes. [1] [2]