Kentriodontidae
Sign in to saveKentriodontidae is an extinct family of odontocete whales related to modern dolphins. The Kentriodontidae lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene before going extinct.
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- Delphinoidea
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- taxon name
- Kentriodontidae
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- Kentriodontidae
- start time
- 25200000-0
- end time
- 4900000-00
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Kentriodontidae is an extinct family of odontocete whales related to modern dolphins. The Kentriodontidae lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene before going extinct.
==Taxonomy== Kentriodontids have been variously divided into three or four subfamilies: Kampholophinae, Kentriodontinae, Lophocetinae, and Pithanodelphinae. However, some cladistic studies have recovered Kentriodontidae as paraphyletic while others have recovered the family as monophyletic.
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