Kekenodontidae

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Kekenodontidae
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Kekenodon onamata.jpg
Teeth of Kekenodon onamata
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Corrie, Joshua E.; Fordyce, R. Ewan (2022). "A redescription and re-evaluation of Kekenodon onamata (Mammalia: Cetacea), a late-surviving archaeocete from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196 (4): 1637–1670. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac019.
  2. Corrie, Joshua E.; Fordyce, R. Ewan (31 January 2024). "A new genus and species of kekenodontid from the late Oligocene of New Zealand with comments on the evolution of tooth displacement in Cetacea". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand: 1–16. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2297696 . ISSN   0303-6758. PMC   11459822 .