Kekenodon Hector 1881
- Dataset
- A redescription and re-evaluation of Kekenodon onamata (Mammalia: Cetacea), a late-surviving archaeocete from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Cetacea
- family
- Basilosauridae
- genus
- Kekenodon
etymology
Etymology: Kekenodon, meaning seal tooth (referring to the serrated molariform teeth of the holotype), from the Te Reo Māori kekeno, a seal, and ‘ don’ derived from the Greek οδόντος, a tooth. Type and only included species: Kekenodon onamata Hector, 1881. Diagnosis: As for the type and only included species K. onamata.