A redescription and re-evaluation of Kekenodon onamata (Mammalia: Cetacea), a late-surviving archaeocete from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand
Author
Corrie, Joshua E
Author
Fordyce, R Ewan
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2022-12-01
196
4
1637
1670
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/4/1637/6598844
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac019
0024-4082
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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
.