Kampholophos serrulus Rensberger 1969 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Alternative combination: Kampholophus serrulus

Full reference: J. M. Rensberger. 1969. A new iniid cetacean from the Miocene of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 82:1-34

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

See also Barnes 1977, Barnes 1985, Dawson 1996, Ichishima et al. 1995, Rensberger 1969, Uhen et al. 2008 and Zhou et al. 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMCP 36045, a skull. Its type locality is Alameda Creek, which is in a Serravallian marine siltstone in the Claremont Formation of California.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alameda Creek

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