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''Tagicetus'' is an extinct genus of dolphin belonging to the polyphyletic family
Kentriodontidae Kentriodontidae is an extinct family of odontocete whales related to modern dolphins. The Kentriodontidae lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene before going extinct. Taxonomy Kentriodontids have been variously divided into three or four subf ...
. Although classified in the subfamily Kentriodontinae by Lambert et al. (2005), recent cladistic analysis places it as closer to extant delphinoids than to ''
Kentriodon ''Kentriodon'' is an extinct genus of Odontoceti, toothed whale related to modern-day dolphins. Fossils have been found in North America, Europe and Japan. Several species have been described. Description ''Kentriodon'' was the most diverse ...
''.Post K, Louwye S, Lambert O. (2017) Scaldiporia vandokkumi, a new pontoporiid (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene to earliest Pliocene of the Westerschelde estuary (The Netherlands) PeerJ 5:e3991 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3991


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