Tagicetus is an extinct genus of dolphin belonging to the polyphyletic family Kentriodontidae.[1]
Tagicetus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Family: | †Kentriodontidae |
Genus: | †Tagicetus Lambert, Stevens, and Smith, 2005 |
Species | |
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Although classified in the subfamily Kentriodontinae by Lambert et al. (2005), recent cladistic analysis places it as closer to extant delphinoids than to Kentriodon.[2][3]