Tagicetus
Extinct genus of mammals
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Tagicetus is an extinct genus of dolphin belonging to the polyphyletic family Kentriodontidae.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Kentriodontidae |
| Genus: | †Tagicetus Lambert, Stevens, and Smith, 2005 |
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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]
