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Kentriodon schneideri

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae

Taxonomy
Kentriodon schneideri was named by Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008). Its type specimen is USNM 323772, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lee Creek, Pungo River Fm., which is in an Aquitanian/Langhian marine carbonate in the Pungo River Formation of North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Kentriodon schneideri Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 198 figs. Figures 19-26
2018Kentriodon schneideri Peredo et al. p. 16 figs. Figure 10

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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
speciesschneideri

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 schneideri Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Kentriodon schneideri (type locality: 48887)