Kurdalagonus is a genus of cetotheriid mysticete in the subfamily Cetotheriinae from the Miocene of the Russian Caucasus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Cetotheriidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cetotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Kurdalagonus Tarasenko and Lopatin, 2012 |
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†K. mchedlidzei Tarasenko & Lopatin, 2012 (type) | |
"Kurdalagonus" adygeicus has been reassigned to Mithridatocetus, while the referral of "Cetotherium" maicopicum to Kurdalagonus has been questioned.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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