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Kurdalagonus

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Extinct genus of whales

Kurdalagonus
Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Cetotheriidae
Subfamily: Cetotheriinae
Genus: Kurdalagonus
Tarasenko and Lopatin, 2012
Species

K. mchedlidzei Tarasenko & Lopatin, 2012 (type)

Kurdalagonus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Cetotheriinae from the Miocene of the Russian Caucasus.

"Kurdalagonus" adygeicus has been reassigned to Mithridatocetus, while the referral of "Cetotherium" maicopicum to Kurdalagonus has been questioned.

References

  1. K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. "New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea". Paleontological Journal 46(5):531-542
  2. P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2016. "A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus". Papers in Paleontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1066
Genera of baleen whales and their extinct allies
Mysticeti
Mysticeti
Aetiocetidae
Llanocetidae
Mammalodontidae
Chaeomysticeti
Eomysticetoidea
Eomysticetidae
Balaenomorpha
Balaenidae
Thalassotherii
Aglaocetidae
Diorocetidae
Pelocetidae
Tranatocetidae
Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriinae
Herpetocetinae
Balaenopteroidea
Balaenopteridae
Aetiocetus cotylalveus Janjucetus hunderi Horopeta umarere Parietobalaena yamaokai
Taxon identifiers
Kurdalagonus
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