Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1927. Kentriodon pernix, a Miocene porpoise from Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 69(19):1-14
Belongs to Kentriodon according to S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023
See also Barnes 1985, Dawson 1996, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Geisler et al. 2011, Gottfried et al. 1994, Hay 1930, Ichishima et al. 1995, Kellogg 1927, Peredo et al. 2018 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Kentriodon diusinus, Kentriodon fuchsii, Kentriodon hobetsu, Kentriodon hoepfneri, Kentriodon nakajimai, Kentriodon obscurus, Kentriodon schneideri, Kentriodon sugawarai
Type specimen: USNM 8060, a skeleton. Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zones 3-6, which is in a Burdigalian offshore siltstone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), United States (8: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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