Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Full reference: T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa. 2019. A new species of Kentriodon (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Kentriodontidae) from the Miocene of Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1-93
Belongs to Kentriodon according to T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa 2019
Sister taxa: Kentriodon diusinus, Kentriodon fuchsii, Kentriodon hobetsu, Kentriodon hoepfneri, Kentriodon obscurus, Kentriodon pernix, Kentriodon schneideri, Kentriodon sugawarai
Type specimen: GMNH-PV-3244, a skull (nearly complete cranium, only lacking the anterior part of the rostrum, left nasal, and ear bones). Its type locality is Usui River, which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in the Haraichi Formation of Japan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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