| 词条 | Kekenodon |
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Oligocene}} | image = Kekenodon onamata.jpg | image_upright = 1.15 | image_caption = Teeth of Kekenodon onamata | taxon = Kekenodon | authority = Hector, 1881 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
}} Kekenodon is an extinct kekenodontid early whale from Late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand. Although at times classified as a basilosaurid, mysticete, or odontocete, recent work suggests that is represents a phylogenetic intermediate form between Basilosauridae and Neoceti. ClassificationKekenodon was considered a member of the basilosaurid subfamily Dorudontinae in the classic monograph on Archaeoceti by Kellogg (1936).[1]"Squalodon" gambierensis from Australia is a close relative of Kekenodon.[2]References1. ^R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 {{Archaeoceti}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q21298686}}{{paleo-whale-stub}}2. ^R. E. Fordyce. 2006. A southern perspective on Cetacean Evolution and Zoogeoraphy. Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates 755-782 3 : Archaeoceti|Fossil taxa described in 1881|Prehistoric cetacean genera |
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