Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Full reference: E. J. Slijper. 1936. Die Cetaceen. Capita Zoologica 7:1-590
Parent taxon: Kentriodontidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Barnes 1978, Barnes 1985, Barnes et al. 1985, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Dawson 1996, Foekens 2008, Fordyce and Barnes 1994, Fordyce et al. 1995, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Ichishima 1995, Ichishima et al. 1995, Kazár and Hampe 2014, McKenna and Bell 1997, Salinas-Márquez et al. 2014, Slijper 1936 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: Heterodelphis, Imerodelphis, Kampholophinae, Kampholophos, Lamprolithax, Lophocetinae, Microphocaena, Pithanodelphininae, Portheus patagonicus, Rudicetus, Wimahl
Subtaxa: Belonodelphis Delphinodon Incacetus Kentriodon
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (3 collections), Armenia (1), Austria (5), Belgium (2), Czechia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Japan (5), Mexico (2), Moldova (2), New Zealand (2), Peru (4), Romania (5), Slovenia (1), Switzerland (2), Türkiye (1), United States (21: California, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
Total: 62 collections including 70 occurrences