Kentriodontidae Temporal range:
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Rudicetus squalodontoides skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Clade: | Delphinida |
Superfamily: | Delphinoidea |
Family: | †Kentriodontidae Slijper, 1936 |
Genera | |
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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.[1]