Kekenodon, HECTOR, 1881

Corrie, Joshua E & Fordyce, R Ewan, 2022, A redescription and re-evaluation of Kekenodon onamata (Mammalia: Cetacea), a late-surviving archaeocete from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (4), pp. 1637-1670 : 1640

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac019
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7383503
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scientific name	Kekenodon
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KEKENODON HECTOR, 1881

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 .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Basilosauridae

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