Kennedycetus
| Kennedycetus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Whippomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Superfamily: | Balaenopteroidea |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †K. pericorum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Kennedycetus pericorum Solis-Añorve et. al., 2021
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Kennedycetus is an extinct genus of balaenopteroid that inhabited Mexico during the Late Miocene. It contains the species K. pericorum.[1]
References
- ^ Solis-Añorve, Azucena; González-Barba, Gerardo; Hernández-Rivera, René; Schwennicke, Tobias (November 2021). "Late Miocene balaenopterid (Cetacea:Mysticeti) from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 111: 103498. Bibcode:2021JSAES.11103498S. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103498. Retrieved 7 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.