Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Alternative spelling: Pithanodelphinae
Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1985. The Late Miocene dolphin Pithanodelphis Abel, 1905 (Cetacea: Kentriodontidae) from California. Contributions in Science 367:1-27
Parent taxon: Kentriodontidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Barnes 1985, Barnes 1988, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Dawson 1996, Foekens 2008, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Ichishima et al. 1995, Kazár 2005, Kazár 2006, Kazár and Grigorescu 2005, Kazár et al. 2004, Rice 1998 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: Heterodelphis, Imerodelphis, Kampholophinae, Kampholophos, Kentriodon, Kentriodontinae, Lamprolithax, Lophocetinae, Microphocaena, Portheus patagonicus, Rudicetus, Wimahl
Subtaxa: Leptodelphis Sarmatodelphis Sophianacetus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Neogene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of Hungary (1), Moldova (2), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence