Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Full reference: G. Bianucci. 2001. A new genus of kentriodontid (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the Miocene of South Italy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):573-577
Parent taxon: Kentriodontidae according to C. Peredo et al. 2018
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci 2001, Bianucci and Landini 2002, Bianucci and Varola 2014, Kazár and Hampe 2014, Lambert et al. 2005 and Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Heterodelphis, Imerodelphis, Kampholophinae, Kampholophos, Kentriodon, Kentriodontinae, Lamprolithax, Lophocetinae, Microphocaena, Pithanodelphininae, Portheus patagonicus, Wimahl
Subtaxa: Rudicetus squalodontoides
Type: Rudicetus squalodontoides
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections), Portugal (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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