Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Full reference: F. M. Salinas-Marquez, L. G. Barnes, J. G. Flores-Trujillo and F. J. Aranda-Manteca. 2014. Una especie de delfín fósil (Cetacea; Delphinoidea; Kentriodontoidae) del Mioceno Medio de Baja California. Boletin de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 66(1):145-164

Belongs to Kentriodon according to C. Peredo et al. 2018

See also Salinas-Marquez et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Kentriodon fuchsii, Kentriodon hobetsu, Kentriodon hoepfneri, Kentriodon nakajimai, Kentriodon obscurus, Kentriodon pernix, Kentriodon schneideri, Kentriodon sugawarai

Type specimen: FCMM 2387, a partial skeleton (skull (lacking periotics) and partial skeleton). Its type locality is FCMM 103, which is in a Langhian marine sandstone in the Rosarito Beach Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at FCMM 103

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