Macrokentriodon morani Dawson 1996 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: S. D. Dawson. 1996. A new kentriodontid dolphin (Cetacea; Delphinoidea) from the middle Miocene Choptank Formation, Maryland. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(1):135-140

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

See also Dawson 1996, Godfrey and Lambert 2023 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMM V-15, a skull. Its type locality is South of Camp Conoy Road, Zone 17-18, which is in a Serravallian shoreface sandstone in the Choptank Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at South of Camp Conoy Road, Zone 17-18

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