Full reference: J. Gatesy, E. G. Ekdale, T. A. Deméré, A. Lanzetti, J. Randall, A. Berta, J. J. El Adli, M. S. Springer, and M. R. McGowen. 2022. Anatomical, ontogenetic, and genomic homologies guide reconstructions of the teeth‐to‐baleen transition in mysticete whales. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 29:891-930
Parent taxon: Mysticeti according to J. Gatesy et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Aetiocetidae, Aetiocetoidea, Amphitera, Aulocetus calaritanus, Aulocetus lovisati, Balaena cortesii, Balaena simpsoni, Borealodon, Burtinopsis, Cetotheriomorphus, Chaeomysticeti, Coronodonidae, Crenaticeti, Eschrichtioidea, Eschrichtius expansus, Eschrichtius leptocentrus, Eschrichtius pusillus, Horopeta, Llanocetidae, Maiabalaena, Mammalodontidae, Mauicetus brevicollis, Mesoteras, Mesoteras kerrianus, Metasqualodon, Mioceta, Mystacodontidae, Plesiocetus, Probalaena, Pterobalaenidae, Rhegnopsis, Siphonocetus, Squalodon serratus, Toipahautea, Tretulias, Tretulias buccatus, Ulias
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Kinetomenta in the database