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Kentriodon pernix

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Kentriodon pernix was named by Kellogg (1927). Its type specimen is USNM 8060, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zones 3-6, which is in a Burdigalian offshore siltstone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Kentriodon pernix Kellogg p. 4 figs. Plates 1-15
1930Kentriodon pernix Hay p. 588
1985Kentriodon pernix Barnes p. 25
1994Kentriodon pernix Gottfried et al. p. 233
1995Kentriodon pernix Ichishima et al. p. 487
1996Kentriodon pernix Dawson p. 132
2008Kentriodon pernix Uhen et al. p. 589
2009Kentriodon pernix Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2011Kentriodon pernix Geisler et al. p. 5 figs. Table 1
2018Kentriodon pernix Peredo et al. p. 16 figs. Figure 10
2023Kentriodon pernix Godfrey and Lambert p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
familyKentriodontidae
genusKentriodon
speciespernix

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kentriodon pernix Kellogg 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available