Kurdalagonus

Kurdalagonus; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Cetotheriidae
Subfamily:	†Cetotheriinae
Genus:	†Kurdalagonus; Tarasenko and Lopatin, 2012
Species
	†K. mchedlidzei Tarasenko & Lopatin, 2012 (type)

Kurdalagonus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Cetotheriinae from the Miocene of the Russian Caucasus.^[1]

"Kurdalagonus" adygeicus has been reassigned to Mithridatocetus, while the referral of "Cetotherium" maicopicum to Kurdalagonus has been questioned.^[2]

References

^ K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. "New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea". Paleontological Journal 46(5):531-542
^ P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2016. "A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus". Papers in Paleontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1066

[1] K. K. Tarasenko and A. V. Lopatin. 2012. "New Baleen Whale Genera (Cetacea, Mammalia) from the Miocene of the Northern Caucasus and Ciscaucasia: 1. Kurdalagonus gen. nov. from the Middle–Late Sarmatian of Adygea". Paleontological Journal 46(5):531-542

[2] P. Goldin and D. Startsev. 2016. "A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus". Papers in Paleontology. doi:10.1002/spp2.1066

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