Kentriodontidae is an extinct family of odontocet whales related to modern dolphins. The Family lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene before going extinct.^[1]

Taxonomy

The kentriodontids are grouped in three subfamilies with two genera considered incertae sedis, or of uncertain placement in the family.^[1]

• Family Kentriodontidae
  • Subfamily Kentriodontinae
    • Belonodelphis
    • Delphinodon
    • Incacetus
    • Kentriodon (syn. Grypolithax)
    • Macrokentriodon
    • Microphocaena
    • Rudicetus
    • Tagicetus
  • Subfamily Lophocetinae
    • Hadrodelphis
    • Liolithax
    • Lophocetus
  • Subfamily Pithanodelphininae
    • Atocetus
    • Leptodelphis
    • Pithanodelphis
    • Sophianacetus (syn. Mediocris)
  • Subfamily incertae sedis
    • Sarmatodelphis
    • Kampholophos

Notes

References

• Ichishima, H., Barnes, L. G., Fordyce, R. E., Kimura, M. and Bohaska, D. J. (1994), A review of kentriodontine dolphins (Cetacea; Deiphinoidea; Kentriodontidae): Systematics and biogeography. Island Arc, 3: 486–492. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00127.x

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