A new kentriodontid (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the early to middle Miocene of the western North Pacific and a revision of kentriodontid phylogeny

A new species of an extinct dolphin belonging to the kentriodontids, i.e., Kentriodon sugawarai sp. nov., is described from the upper lower to lowest middle Miocene Kadonosawa Formation in Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan. The holotype of Kentriodon sugawarai sp. nov., consists of a par...

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Main Authors: Zixuan Guo, Naoki Kohno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/10945.pdf