ammonites
†family Kekenodontidae Mitchell 1989 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Kekenodontidae

Alternative spelling: Kekenodontinae

Full reference: E. D. Mitchell. 1989. A new cetacean from the late Eocene La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46(12):2219-2235

Parent taxon: Cetacea according to E. M. G. Fitzgerald 2010

Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Archaeoceti, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Metasqualodon, Pagiodon, Pakicetidae, Pelagiceti, Phococetus, Proteroceta, Remingtonocetidae, Rhynchoceti

Subtaxa: Kekenodon

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Type: Kekenodon

Ecology: aquatic carnivore