Macrokentriodon 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

Parent taxon: Delphinida according to C. Peredo et al. 2018

See also Berta 2017, Dawson 1996, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Guo and Kohno 2023, Kazár and Hampe 2014, Lambert et al. 2005, Marx et al. 2016 and Uhen et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Atocetus, Brevirostrodelphis, Cammackacetus, Delphinavus, Delphinoidea, Hadrodelphis, Herbeinodelphis, Inioidea, Kentriodontidae, Kentriodontoidea, Liolithax, Lipotidae, Lipotoidea, Miminiacetus, Miodelphis, Monodontoidae, Pictodelphis, Pithanodelphis, Platylithax, Tagicetus, Westmorelandelphis

Subtaxa: Macrokentriodon morani

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Portugal (2 collections), United States (1: Maryland)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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